Crime
BREAKING: Nigerian Lawmaker Shot Dead In His Home
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BREAKING: Nigerian Lawmaker Shot Dead In His Home
A Councilor, Nelson Sylvester, popularly known as Ofunwa, representing Eha-Ulo ward, in Nsukka Local Government Area Legislative Council, Enugu State, has been shot dead.
Onyxnewsng learnt that the lawmaker was murdered by gunmen on Sunday night at his residence in Eha-Alumonah.
Although details of the incident are still sketchy, a competent source disclosed that the assailants stormed the lawmaker’s house and
started raining bullets on him.
He added that the Councilor ran into a neighbouring compound, from where his lifeless body was later recovered.
The development has sparked tension in the town and other neighbouring communities.
The source has described the suspected assassination as one too many.
“It is heartbreaking; it is too hard for us to swallow. We are in deep agony,” the source added.
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