A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) councillorship candidate in the March 6 council poll in Oghara, Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr Elliot Ofa has been assassinated, Njenje Media News reports.
Mr Elliot was the immediate past Supervisory Councillor on Environment of Ethiope-West Local Government Council.
Njenje Media News gathered that the killers abducted Ofa and two other people along the Jesse/Oben road, near the boundary between Delta and Edo State on Monday, January 11.
Reports says the three were returning from the Office of the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission, DSIEC, in Asaba, the state capital when the gunmen ambushed them, shot and killed Ofa. .
DSP Onome Onovwakpoye, Delta State Police Command Spokesperson, who confirmed the incident said it happened within Edo State and not Delta.
