Gunmen kill ex- LG boss’ wife in Port Harcourt

From CHRIS ANUCHA, Port Harcourt

Wife of former chairman of Eleme Lo­cal Govern­ment Area of Rivers State, Mrs. Ebire Ejor Ngowah Ejor, has been murdered in Port Harcourt.

It was gathered that some gunmen, suspected to be hired assassins, abducted the victim on July 5, 2015.

Her whereabouts remained unknown, while her abduc­tors never contacted the family for payment of ransom or any other demand. But her lifeless body was later discovered near Eagle Island, a Port Har­court suburb on July 7, 2015.

The recent killing of Chief Ejor Ngowah Ejor’s wife had added to the long list of vic­tims of senseless killings going on in Rivers State.

Reacting to the killing of Mrs Ejor, Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Chief Felix Obuah, de­scribed it as unwarranted, bar­baric and shocking to the PDP family.

According to him, the mur­der of their member’s wife was politically motivated.

Obuah, however, urged the Rivers State Police Command and other relevant security agencies to beef up security in the state.

He also tasked the police to unmask those behind the grue­some murder of Mrs Ejor, and tackle other criminal activities in the state.

The PDP chairman also ap­pealed to the youths, and those involved in acts of kidnapping, killing, cultism, armed robbery and other social vices in the state, to desist from doing so or face the wrath of the law.