{"id":102662,"date":"2023-01-21T18:23:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T17:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=102662"},"modified":"2023-01-21T18:23:41","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T17:23:41","slug":"gunmen-invade-apc-meeting-in-ebonyi-kill-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-invade-apc-meeting-in-ebonyi-kill-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen Invade APC Meeting In Ebonyi, Kill 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1755652803896100381\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The violence which is threatening the political atmosphere in Ebonyi State, has continued to take a bloody dimension as gunmen have reportedly killed two members of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in the Ebonyi State.<\/p>\n<p>The attackers, riding on motorcycles stormed the venue of the APC Meeting in Mkpuma Akataka community, Izzi Local Government Area on Friday evening, gunned down the party members and zoomed off immediately<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the two fatalities, sources said two other persons sustained injuries and are currently receiving treatment at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, the state capital.<\/p>\n<p>When contacted, the Police spokesperson in Ebonyi State, Chris Anyanwu, said: \u201cI don\u2019t know about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Izzi community has been in the news for related political violence.<\/p>\n<p>On Jan. 3, over seven persons were injured following attack by suspected members of Ebubeagu Security Network.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The violence which is threatening the political atmosphere in Ebonyi State, has continued to take a bloody dimension as gunmen have reportedly killed two members of the ruling All Progressive&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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