Following the unfortunate killing of Mr Ifeanyi Ozoemena, the APC ward chairman in Ngor Okpala, women and youths in the area have staged a protest, seeking for justice.

Leaders and youths both men and women carrying placards with various inscriptions stormed the premises of the Imo state police command demanding justice without further delay.

Mr Ifeanyi Ozoemena was reportedly shot dead on Tuesday night few hours after an APC meeting he presided over in his ward in preparation for the rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly Elections this Saturday.

Preliminary investigations revealed that Mr Ozoemena was shot dead by assassins at his residence in Ngorokpala, right before his immediate family.

Confirming the ugly incidence, the state Commissioner of Police, Dasuki Galadanchi said the corpse of the deceased have been evacuated and deposited to a mortuary nearby.

He disclosed that the gunmen invaded the home of the deceased in an SUV.

According to the CP, investigations are ongoing to ensure that the culprits are brought to book in no distant time.