Former Director General of the National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control Dora Akunyili’s Husband Chike Akunyili, has been reported killed by gunmen in Anambra today.
Reports say that Chike Akunyili was killed in the early hours of Wednesday as his body was found in a pool of his blood.
Family sources preferring anonymity confirmed the killing but declined further comments.
The FCT police department s expected to issue a statement on this rather sad development in Nigeria’s city center.
Independent People Of Biafra outlawed in Nigerian was fingered for being behind the killing, a view it has denied.
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has alleged that the killing of Dr Chike Akunliyi, the husband of late Director General of NAFDAC and former Nigeria’s Information minister, in the South East is politically motivated.
Condemning the killing, the group said the masterminds were taking advantage of the current situation in the region to unleash mayhem on their political opponents.
According to Emma Powers Director of Media and Publicity IPOB, it has not issued any statement on the forthcoming governorship elections in Anambra State on the heels of opinions that the election will not hold in the state.
The statement read in part:
“We the great family of the Indigenous People of Biafra ably led by our great leader Mazi Nnamdi Okwuchukwu Kanu, wish to dissociate ourselves from the senseless killing of innocent citizens in Anambra State. We have no hands in the political killings going on in Biafra land.
“We have at several times raised the alarm that some cruel politicians are hiding under the cloak of the situation in Biafra land to eliminate their political enemies and blame it on IPOB.
Details shortly:
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