By Jimitota Onoyume

PORT HARCOURT—Unknown gunmen Saturday night reportedly assassinated a prominent chief in Egbada in Ogba Egbema Ndoni local government area of Rivers State and the Ochi Ohia, Chief Okwu Osia.

The incident came barely 24 hours after Chief Christopher Adube and eight others were shot dead in his residence at Obrikom in the same local government area.

At press time, Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer,   DSP Ahmad Muhammad, had yet to respond to a text message from Vanguard on the issue.

Meanwhile, Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has condemned the killings weekend in the local government area.

Chairman of the party, Mr Davies Ikanya, in a statement signed by his media aide, Chief Chukwuemeka Eze, said the deceased were allegedly killed by thugs hired by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

“We received with utmost shock the killing of a monarch and nine other members of APC by hoodlums hired by the PDP leadership in Rivers State on April 3,” he said.

Continuing, the party said over 50 members of the party had been allegedly murdered by the PDP in the state.

“Several of our members have been arrested and molested, property of our members are vandalised on daily basis.

‘’Our local government secretariats at Okrika and Andoni were bombed and our rally at Okrika were disrupted by gunmen from PDP, while one of the aborted Okrika rallies saw the death of a police man.

”Besides, during the March 28 polls, the entire world saw the rape of our democracy by PDP working in tandem with INEC, Army and Police, denying the people of Rivers State the opportunity to choose their leaders, while allotting votes to other parties as they deem fit,” Ikanya said.