The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate for the forthcoming Anambra election, Jude Ezenwafor, has been shot by unknown gunmen in Abuja.
The attack reportedly occurred on Friday night around the Wuse 2 area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as Ezenwafor was returning home from an appointment. He is currently receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital in Abuja.
“I’m currently in the hospital. The doctors are making efforts to operate me so that they can pull out bullets from my body,” Leadership newspaper quoted Ezenwafor as saying on Saturday.
Efforts to reach the PDP spokesperson, Debo Ologunagba, for official confirmation proved abortive as he had yet to respond to inquiries at the time of filing this report.
Similarly, the spokesperson for the FCT Police Command, Josephine Adeh, confirmed that the police were aware of the incident and promised to issue a detailed response.
Ezenwafor, a former presidential aspirant under the Labour Party (LP) before rejoining the PDP, was recently affirmed as the party’s flagbearer for the November 8 governorship election in Anambra State.
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