An assembly member aspirant of the Egu Electoral Area in the Wa municipality in the Upper West Region has been shot dead.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”3pMnOiwACNiu85tYpV4y3BP4CDVYEzIs”]Mr. Salia Robert, one of the only two aspirants was killed when he was returning to Wa after campaigning.<\/p>\n
The exact time and perpetrators of the act\u00a0are yet to be found by the Police.<\/p>\n
However Citi News<\/strong> sources at the Police Command said the 48 year old teacher of the St. Cecilia Catholic Junior High School, was found dead with several gun shot wounds at about 8:30pm on Wednesday, by one Sadik Yakubu.<\/p>\n The motor bike of the the deceased was also taken away by the assailants.<\/p>\n Peter K Dery, grandfather of the deceased, told Citi News<\/strong> the family was shocked by the incident but were confident the Police will apprehend the perpetrators.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t want to apportion blame for now. We believe the police will do a great work to unravel the cause of his death,\u201d \u00a0Peter K Dery said.<\/p>\n Meanwhile the body of the deceased has been deposited at the Upper West regional hospital morgue pending Police investigations.<\/p>\n In a related development, the Supreme Court has directed the Electoral Commission [EC] to call off the much publicized District Assembly<\/strong><\/span><\/a> elections\u00a0which was scheduled for\u00a0March 3, 2015.<\/p>\n