Enugu state Police Command on Saturday confirmed that one Osondu Odor, aged 30, who was said to have been hit on the head allegedly by a policeman’s stray bullet, has eventually died.
Odoh, a younger brother to the APC candidate for Enugu State House of Assembly in Igboeze North constituency, had accompanied his brother on a solidarity visit to the country-home of the APC governorship candidate in the state, Senator Ayogu Eze when the tragedy occurred.
Eze had on Saturday announced his boycott of the gubernatorial poll, alleging that the INEC removed his name from the list of candidates for the governorship poll in the state.
Commenting on the incident via a statement, the state’s police spokesman, Ebere Amaraizu stated that the police operatives “have commenced a full scale investigations into the alleged shooting and death of one Osondu Odoh aged about 30 years believed to be at Ayogu Eze’s residence at Igboeze North Local Government Area of Enugu state on 9/3/19.”
Amaraizu also explained that contrary to reports in some media and social media, the “victim is not an observer but a supporter to the candidate,” adding that the “circumstance surrounding the incident is being investigated as the deceased body is already deposited at the mortuary.”
