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The Action Alliance (AA) candidate for Imo North Senatorial District in the 2019 election, Ndubuisi Emenike, has been shot dead.<\/p>\n

He was shot by his orderly, an operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).<\/p>\n

The Imo State Police command confirmed the killing on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Its spokesman, Orlando Ikeokwu, told journalists that Emenike was shot dead by the NSCDC personnel during a celebration gathering for APC\u2019s Miriam Onuoha, the winner of the rerun Okigwe North Federal Constituency election.<\/p>\n

According to eyewitnesses, the NSCDC official was shooting consistently into the air and mistakenly shot his boss.<\/p>\n

Emenike fell, lost consciousness and was immediately rushed to a hospital.<\/p>\n

The Police say the orderly is presently in custody and that command has opened an investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Action Alliance (AA) candidate for Imo North Senatorial District in the 2019 election, Ndubuisi Emenike, has been shot dead. He was shot by his orderly, an operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The Imo State Police command confirmed the killing on Sunday. Its spokesman, Orlando Ikeokwu, told journalists that Emenike […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":20594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1036,502,1337],"class_list":["post-20593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-budget-defence","tag-imo-state","tag-nscdc"],"yoast_head":"\nFormer Action Alliance Senatorial candidate, Emenike, shot dead in Imo - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Action Alliance (AA) candidate for Imo North Senatorial District in the 2019 election, Ndubuisi Emenike, has been shot dead.\" \/>\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\/all-news\/former-action-alliance-senatorial-candidate-emenike-shot-dead-in-imo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former Action Alliance Senatorial candidate, Emenike, shot dead in Imo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Action Alliance (AA) candidate for Imo North Senatorial District in the 2019 election, Ndubuisi Emenike, has been shot dead.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/former-action-alliance-senatorial-candidate-emenike-shot-dead-in-imo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-27T15:52:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Accidental-discharge-AA-Senatorial-candidate-Emenike-shot-by-NSCDC-guard-feared-dead-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"666\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"375\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\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\/all-news\/former-action-alliance-senatorial-candidate-emenike-shot-dead-in-imo#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/former-action-alliance-senatorial-candidate-emenike-shot-dead-in-imo\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Former Action Alliance Senatorial candidate, Emenike, shot dead in Imo\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-27T15:52:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/former-action-alliance-senatorial-candidate-emenike-shot-dead-in-imo\"},\"wordCount\":134,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/former-action-alliance-senatorial-candidate-emenike-shot-dead-in-imo#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Accidental-discharge-AA-Senatorial-candidate-Emenike-shot-by-NSCDC-guard-feared-dead-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"budget defence\",\"Imo state\",\"NSCDC\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/former-action-alliance-senatorial-candidate-emenike-shot-dead-in-imo#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/former-action-alliance-senatorial-candidate-emenike-shot-dead-in-imo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/former-action-alliance-senatorial-candidate-emenike-shot-dead-in-imo\",\"name\":\"Former Action Alliance Senatorial candidate, Emenike, shot dead in Imo - 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