Daily Post
The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has expressed dismay over the alleged assassination of two young Igbo traders in Sabongari area of Kano State.
Reports had earlier emerged that gunmen on Saturday night killed one Ifeanyi Elechukwu, aged 41 and his friend, Chibuille Emmanuel, 33, around Azubros Plaza, off France Road, Sabongari.
The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) had in a statement said the unfortunate attack was carried out by “soldiers of the caliphate”.
However, COSEYL in a statement on Monday by its President General, Goodluck Ibem alleged that there was foul play in the death of the two young men, stressing that the report has “a political undertone.
The group demanded an independent investigation to unravel the perpetrators of the act and why the victims were assassinated.
The statement claimed that the incident occurred a few hours after the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi visited the state…