It was gathered that Nwaofu was shot dead at about 8.00 pm around the Obiri-Ikwerre axis of the East-West road as he was coming into Port Harcourt from the airport Wednesday.
One of the sons of the deceased, Barrister Taleh Nwaofu, who confirmed the murder of his father, said he was returning from a political meeting in Lagos when the incident occurred.
Taleh further said the late ANPP chieftain was being driven by his wife when the hoodlums opened fire on the vehicle, killing him while the wife was not hurt.
When contacted, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Mr. Benjamin Ugwuegbulem, who also confirmed the murder of the ANPP chieftain, said the killers drove off to an unknown destination after shooting and killing the politician at close range.
Ugwuegbulem said men and officers of the command were working round the clock to ensure that the perpetrators of the crime were arrested.
Meanwhile, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Rivers State has called for a full scale investigation into the gruesome murder of Nwaofu.
In a statement signed by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Jerry Needam, the ACN said it is only a full investigation that would erase the impression that there was on-going selective killing of opposition politicians in the state.
ACN described as painful and unfortunate the brutal murder of Nwaofu.
Needam condemned the rising rate of insecurity in the state, describing it as a drawback on the progressive march of the state to catch up with other civilised parts of the world.
Needam said it’s regrettable that certain elements and devils incarnate may have sworn to checkmate the radical progressive political opposition in the state which unknown to them, has the capacity to turn back the hand of the clock of the state’s agitation for justice, equity and freedom etc. “It has therefore become highly imperative to probe the remote cause of the seeming selective elimination of frontline politicians in the state. Nothing short of full scale investigation is acceptable if the impression of selective killing of opposition politicians in this state must be dismissed.
He assured that the voice of virile opposition in the state cannot be suppressed as such attempts will only embolden this voice.
He regretted that the state has still not justified the huge sums of money being earmarked for security of lives and property, alleging that rather than making conscientious efforts to contain the ugly situation, the ruling PDP elites are busy building false walls of Jericho around themselves.
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