Prince Iheme, brother of actor Osita Iheme, popularly known as Paw Paw, and a policeman have been killed gunmen enforcing sit-at-home order in Imo State.
It was gathered that the gunmen attacked the convoy of the All Progressives Congress candidate for Mbaitoli/ Ikeduru Federal Constituency, Akarachi Amadi at Ubommiri in the Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State on Friday.
While Prince Iheme was killed on the spot, the state commissioner for Solid Minerals, Martin Eke, was attacked cut with a machete.
“Prince Iheme was riding in the same vehicle with the commissioner for solid minerals. Prince Iheme who is Pawpaw’s elder brother was killed on the spot. The commissioner who was sworn in two weeks ago was cut badly. He has just been rushed to a hospital. They were driving in a Ford SUV. I pray he makes it,” a source said.
Orji community was also attacked by the gunmen wearing black clothes in three vehicles, assaulting residents and passersby, including policemen.
An eyewitnesses told Punch that the gunmen met some policemen at the 7Up junction at Orji and shot one of them.
He said, “They just killed a policeman now. They opened fire on them and were shouting, ‘There is sit-at-home. We have asked you to go home. Stay indoors.’”
