A former Commissioner for Rural Development in Enugu State, Hon. Gab Onuzulike has been killed by unknown gunmen.
Newsmen learnt that Onuzulike, who was also a former Chairman of Oji River Local Government Area was shot dead Friday evening.
A circulating gruesome video shows the blood-soaked bodies of the victims, with residents wailing.
The incident occurred at Nkpokolo Achi while the ex-commissioner was returning from a burial ceremony.
An elder brother of the politician, L Elvis Onuzulike, who was with him, was also shot dead.
A source, however, told Newspot that a team of security men gave the gunmen a hot chase, killed one of them and arrested another member of the gang.
The development has thrown residents of Oji River and its environs into tension.