Chidiebube Okeoma, OwerriThe ruling All Progressives Congress and main opposition Peoples Democratic Party in Imo State have engaged in accusations and denials as soldiers shoot dead two young men in Oguta Local Area of the state. A clash between soldiers and some youths that Imo State Commissioner of Police described as cult members has allegedly left two civilians dead at Ejemekwuru in Oguta Local Area of Imo State. Our correspondent gathered that two youths, simply identified as Tochi and Ndukwe, died during an alleged confrontations with some soldiers. “As I speak, I have recovered the plank and the cutlass the youths used in attacking the soldiers. In a statement issued in Owerri on Sunday by Kissinger Ikeokwu, PDP maintained that the killing of the young men occurred at the APC campaign ground and not outside of it, as the CP had claimed.

Source: Punch February 10, 2019 13:41 UTC