Ebubeagu operative shot dead at APC rally

In Ebonyi State, an Ebubeagu agent named Ajasm Aja was shot and killed by a coworker over N1000.

According to information obtained, the late Aja and his attacker were both assigned to the Ebubeagu squad sent to the Isu Community in the Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State to provide security during the APC governorship event that took place there on Saturday.

After the demonstration, it was discovered that the crew had been instructed to bring and secure the party's flags for subsequent rallies, but that they had failed to do so because of an altercation about N1,000 between the dead and his trigger-happy colleague.

Aja reportedly reached for his pump action rifle, but his opponent quickly pulled out a gun and shot him in the head, killing him then and there.

A source in the community, who pleaded anonymity, said, “Today, Saturday 28th January 2023 the APC had their rally at Isu, the council headquarters of Onicha LGA.

“At the close of the event, the Ebubeagu members and G-24 group were asked to collect back the party’s flag in readiness for other events.

“In the process of doing so, one of the Ebubeagu members and a leader in the G-24 group, popularly known as Ajasm Aja, who was recently sworn in as Supervisory Councillor for Health in the Onicha council area, was engulfed in a strong altercation with a co-member.

“As the duo engaged in a war of words, Mr Aja pulled his pump action rifle and aimed to shoot at the other colleague. In a swift response, the colleague was quicker in action, pulled a pistol and shot him in the forehead.

He said, “No. It was not an Ebubeagu person that shot him.

The Ebubeagu Commander in Ebonyi State, Mr. Friday Nnana-Ujor, revealed the assistant was a suspected gunman who also carried a pump action gun like his own troops when he was called on Monday and claimed the assailant wasn't a member of the South-East security organization.

He said, “No. It was not an Ebubeagu person that shot him.

“That thing was stage-managed; it was people that packed behind a Sienna bus that killed him. The person that did that was sent to do so. People are thinking that it was an Ebubeagu personnel that killed the person, but it is not true.

“It’s because the gun they used in killing the person was a pump action. No Ebubeagu person goes to the rally ground with arms. We had a meeting and made that decision. We are currently investigating the matter and very soon we will arrest the culprit and call journalists to hear from him. I don’t want people to think that it’s politics. Just exercise some patience.”

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