{"id":170609,"date":"2025-07-21T14:25:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T13:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate"},"modified":"2025-07-21T14:25:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T13:25:14","slug":"police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate","title":{"rendered":"Police Investigate Attack on Anambra PDP Candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command has begun a probe into the attempted assassination of the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for the November 25 Anambra State governorship election, Jude Ezenwafor.<\/p>\n<p> Ezenwafor was reportedly shot by gunmen near Wuse 2, Abuja, while returning from an engagement.<\/p>\n<p>Spokesperson for the FCT police command, Josephine Adeh, said the Command had not yet concluded its investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Adeh, therefore, called on the public to help in the investigation. \u201cThe police command has yet to conclude investigations as to the true position and situation surrounding the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile investigation is currently at top gear, individuals or persons with relevant information are advised to come forward and report to the nearest police station.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour cooperation will greatly assist our investigation and help ensure justice is served,\u201d the statement read in part.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command has begun a probe into the attempted assassination of the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for the November 25 Anambra State governorship election, Jude Ezenwafor. Ezenwafor was reportedly shot by gunmen near Wuse 2, Abuja, while returning from an engagement. Spokesperson for the FCT police command, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":170608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[35,254,65,165],"class_list":["post-170609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-anambra","tag-nigeria","tag-pdp","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police Investigate Attack on Anambra PDP Candidate - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police Investigate Attack on Anambra PDP Candidate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command has begun a probe into the attempted assassination of the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for the November 25 Anambra State governorship election, Jude Ezenwafor. Ezenwafor was reportedly shot by gunmen near Wuse 2, Abuja, while returning from an engagement. Spokesperson for the FCT police command, [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-21T13:25:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Police Investigate Attack on Anambra PDP Candidate\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-21T13:25:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate\"},\"wordCount\":158,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753095659.822341.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Anambra\",\"Nigeria\",\"PDP\",\"Police\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate\",\"name\":\"Police Investigate Attack on Anambra PDP Candidate - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753095659.822341.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-21T13:25:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753095659.822341.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753095659.822341.jpg\",\"width\":780,\"height\":470,\"caption\":\"Police Investigate Attack on Anambra PDP Candidate\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Police Investigate Attack on Anambra PDP Candidate\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Police Investigate Attack on Anambra PDP Candidate - Nigeria","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Police Investigate Attack on Anambra PDP Candidate","og_description":"Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command has begun a probe into the attempted assassination of the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for the November 25 Anambra State governorship election, Jude Ezenwafor. Ezenwafor was reportedly shot by gunmen near Wuse 2, Abuja, while returning from an engagement. Spokesperson for the FCT police command, [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2025-07-21T13:25:14+00:00","author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Police Investigate Attack on Anambra PDP Candidate","datePublished":"2025-07-21T13:25:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate"},"wordCount":158,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753095659.822341.jpg","keywords":["Anambra","Nigeria","PDP","Police"],"articleSection":["all news","Parties"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate","name":"Police Investigate Attack on Anambra PDP Candidate - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753095659.822341.jpg","datePublished":"2025-07-21T13:25:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753095659.822341.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753095659.822341.jpg","width":780,"height":470,"caption":"Police Investigate Attack on Anambra PDP Candidate"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-investigate-attack-on-anambra-pdp-candidate#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Police Investigate Attack on Anambra PDP Candidate"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}