14 political assass!nations recorded in Anambra in two years- Report
No fewer than 14 cases of political assassinations were recorded in Anambra State between 2022 and 2024, according to a report by the Cleen Foundation.
The report cautioned that the killings could pose serious threats to the conduct of the November 2025 governorship election in the state.
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There have been cases of political assassinations in the state. In May 2022, a lawmaker representing Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s constituency, Okechukwu Okoye, and his aide, Cyril Chiegboka, were gruesomely murdered after being kidnapped by gunmen along Aguluzigbo Road in Anaocha Local Government Area.
Similarly, Justice Azuka, the member representing Onitsha North 1 state constituency, who was abducted on Christmas Eve, was later found dead on February 6, 2025.
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