The senatorial candidate of the Action Alliance in Imo North Senatorial District in the 2019, Ndubuisi Emenike, has been shot by his security aide.
The tragic incident occurred at about 5 p.m on Sunday during a victory party for the All Progressives Congress candidate at the rerun election in Okigwe North Federal Constituency.
The Independent National Electoral Commission had announced the APC candidate, Miriam Onuoha, as the winner of the election which was held on Saturday.
It was while celebrating the victory at her residence in Umunachi in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of the state, that the tragedy occurred.
The PUNCH gathered that the NSCDC officer was attached to the AA senatorial candidate and had escorted him to the victory party.
He was shooting consistently into the air and mistakenly shot his boss which brought the paper quoted an eye witness as saying.
The victim fell and lost consciousness and was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital, St Joseph’s Hospital, Umunachi, before he was later rushed to the Federal Medical Center, Owerri, in an ambulance.
One of the sources said, “ Ndubuisi Emenike has been shot by one of his security aides. “He was shot during APC victory party at Isiala Mbano LGA. He was shot at his lower abdomen by his aide, an NSCDC officer. This is very tragic and very unbelievable. We pray he makes it. The incident has shattered our victory party.”
The PUNCH also quoted the police spokesperson in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, as confirming that the incident had been reported to the police.
He said that the command would speak on the incident once it had finished gathering the facts of the incident.