A man suspected to be one of the supporters of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party for the 2023 election has been tortured by some unknown gunmen men, Igbere TV reports.
A video shows the man wearing the campaign T-shirt of the Labour Party presidential candidate being tortured by unknown gunmen terrorising Southeast Nigeria.
The video shows the victim being manhandled and interrogated by the leader of the gunmen along a road after his car was ambushed.
It was gathered that the incident happened at Oraifite in the Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State.
In the clip obtained by IGBERE TV, the leader of the unknown gunmen is heard threatening that anyone caught wearing or putting on any campaign material of politicians would be severely dealt with.
The vehicle of the yet-to-be-identified supporter of the LP presidential candidate was also riddled with bullets.
“Who is that person? Let me see the face. Let me see the face on that shirt you (are) wearing. Who is that person? Peter Obi, what has Peter Obi done for you? He has not done anything and you people want to sell us in this community,” the leader of the unknown gunmen said.
“We have been warning you people but you refused. This will be the last chance you have. Anytime I see you wearing politician’s cloth or cap, or anything about politics. Shoot this car, fire the car.”
The clip however did not show whether he was later killed.
The South-East region has witnessed increasing attacks on security agents, government facilities and prominent individuals following the arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
Although IPOB has denied being responsible for the spate of attacks and killings in the geopolitical zone, security agencies have blamed the atrocities on the separatist group.
In 2022, the gunmen released a video, threatening that there will not be an election in the region if the government fails to release Kanu.
“We the unknown gunmen in Biafraland have come to make our position known to the public. We are here to protect our fatherland by all means. We don’t have any sponsor. And we are not planning to have,” one of them was heard saying in the 2 minutes 55 seconds clip shot in a forest.
“We are not under the command of Simon Ekpa, DOS or Uwazuruike. Any government giving any of these people money is wasting their time. Only the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu can calm us down. Monday sit-at-home is sacrosanct. Nothing can stop it apart from the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
“There shall be no election, and anybody that attempts any election matter will die. And for the INEC people, what will happen to you when we get you, only God knows, no more posters, political posters in Biafra land, if you try us, you campaigning, fire will burn you, fake Biafra media, you think you can post rubbish, we the unknown gunmen have endured enough from you. We shall no longer tolerate any rubbish.”
