Chisom Lennard, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Coordinator in Ahoada-West Local Government Area of Rivers State, was shot dead by gunmen hours after he was kidnapped.
Lennard was reportedly kidnapped by gunmen dressed in police uniforms when he voted in the governorship and state House of Assembly elections at Ibagwa polling unit 2 ward 10 in Ahoada West LGA.
According to reports, the APC chairman attempted to stop the gunmen from stealing electoral equipment before being commando-escorted away.
The State APC Publicity Secretary, Darlington Nwauju, confirmed the development.
Late Lennard’s body was riddled with bullets in a pool of his own blood along the Ibueahi-Ubeta road in Ahoada+West LGA of the state.
The late APC chieftain was an estate surveyor and a former board member of the Greater Port Harcourt City Development Authority during the tenure of Rotimi Amaechi.