When elections hold in Nigeria, parents often demand that their ward stay at home or thread with caution should they decide to go out. A situation in Ebonyi Sate now highlights what could happen if one throws such caution to the wind.
Sadly, that is not how things are supposed to be.
But the largess of holding a political position drags ‘some persons’ who seek it to the extreme side of life.
Violence and destruction are all intricacies of what it takes to grab positions on the path of desperation.
In Ebonyi State, the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ezza North Local Government Area of the state, Peter Mweke, has paid the ultimate price for being in politics.
On March 18, he had a great moment with his family members in the morning, but no one knew the evening will be his dusk that will never see a new dawn.
Earlier, reports said he was shot, but that is not really the case.
Late Mweke was murdered by thugs.
Indeed, political thugs have increased in Nigeria in the last few elections.
They could kill, maim or disrupt electoral process.
Confirming his death, the police said the late PDP chieftain was beaten up by suspected political thugs, who invaded polling units in Ezza North LG and disrupted voting.
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The spokesperson for the police in Ebonyi State, Onome Onovwakpoyeya, said the victim was not shot as speculated.
Furthermore, she said he was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
According to her, the police have launched an investigation into the matter.
Further information on the issue will be made available to the public, as arrests are made.
