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A former member of Rivers State House of Assembly and a committed member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Hon Monday Eleanya, has been murdered in Port Harcourt.

A witness said Eleanya, who represented Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni constituency in Rivers State House of Assembly between 1999 to 2003 under the platform of the People Democratic Party (PDP) was shot in the early hours of Thursday  by yet to be identified gunmen.

A colleague of the former lawmaker, George Tolofari confirmed the incident to journalists in Port Harcourt.

 "Eleanya was my friend, brother and former colleague. I received the news of his murder with rude shock."¨"¨"I don't know the gist of his recent move to APC, but I know he has been a committed member of our great party from when we moved to APC from PDP," he said."¨"¨"¨

 Until the attack, he was fondly called ‘World Bank' by his former colleagues in the House of Assembly.
Sympathisers and some of his colleagues described his death as shocking.
When contacted, Mr Ahmad Muhammad (DSP) the Police Public Relations Officer in the state told newsmen that the command was yet receive the report of the incident.