The Ward chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Umuchoke ward in Okwe in the Onuimo Local Government Area of Imo State, Christian Ihim, has been shot dead by unknown gunmen.
The victim was shot late Tuesday evening.
The unknown gunmen also kidnapped five other chieftains of the ruling party in the community after killing Ihim, who is popularly known as Zako.
Eyewitnesses told newsmen that the attackers shot sporadically during the operation, making villagers to flee.
The gunmen shortly afterwards invaded a neighbouring community Okwelle and kidnapped a female member of the APC, Onyinyech Egenti.
Whereabouts of the abducted persons remain unknown as at the time of filing these reports.
