What would have been a victory party for the All Progressive Congress and friends of Princess Miriam Onuoha on Sunday abruptly ended in tragedy as the Senatorial Candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) in Imo state, Hon. Ndubuisi Emenike was mistakenly shot and killed.
He was immediately rushed to the hospital but did not survive the gunshot.
Emenike was reported to have gone to Eziama, Isiala Mbano to felicitate with Hon. Miriam Onuoha who was returned yesterday as the winner of the rerun for Okigwe North seat in the House of Representatives when he met his untimely end.
As against earlier speculation that he was shot by his security aide, our correspondent gathered that the bullet that felled Emenike was accidentally fired by an official of the National Security and Civil Defence Corps who was also at the venue but not attached to Emenike’s security detail.
The NSCDC guard was promptly arrested while Emenike who slumped following the impact of the bullet and was struggling to stay conscious, was immediately bundled into his vehicle and rushed to the state capital where he was taken to the Accident and Emergency unit of the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri.
By 6pm yesterday, political leaders from Imo North (Okigwe zone) across political party lines were all congregating at the FMC to see if there was more they could do to save the life of Emenike, a well known philanthropist.
Impeccable sources at the FMC confirmed to our correspondent around 8pm Sunday that Ndubisi Emenike did not survive the gunshot which ripped through his abdomen.
The tragedy once again, cast a dark shadow of gloom on Okigwe zone.
It will be recalled that late last year, Okigwe zone lost their serving senator, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Uwajumogu who would yet be buried on the 21st of February, 2020.
As at the time of this report, no official statement has been released by the family of the deceased.
