The kidnapped Anambra lawmaker has been beheaded by unknown gunmen.
By Emma Ogbuehi
The lawmaker, representing Aguata State Constituency 1 in the Anambra House of Assembly, Okechukwu Okoye who was earlier kidnapped by unknown gunmen has been beheaded by unknown gunmen.
Multiple sources claimed that his freshly severed head was mounted at Chisco Park in Amichi, a neighbouring community. The Police had not confirmed the incident at press time.
Okoye, an indigene of Isuofia, the same community as Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State, was kidnapped in Aguata on Sunday, May 15
The police spokesperson in Anambra, Toochukwu Ikenga, confirmed his abduction.
The lawmaker’s black Siena SUV, which he was driving before the incident, had been recovered, the police said.
Ikenga, a deputy superintendent of police, said the police had launched a manhunt for the kidnappers to rescue the lawmaker.
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Okoye’s gruesome murder adds to the ugly incidences of unresolved murder and rising spate of insecurity in the South East. Of late, the entire region, particularly Orlu senatorial district in Imo and Anambra South senatorial district have been theatres of killings and arson by unknown gunmen.
The gunmen also kidnap. The effect is that their action has returned Anambra to the status of a state under siege. Nowhere is safe anymore. Increasingly, stories of attacks on police stations, local council headquarters and other public institutions, killings and kidnappings are heard. Aside kidnapping, the hoodlums also snatch vehicles and demand ransom in return.
Local government secretariats and other public buildings are equally attacked and set ablaze by the gunmen. The latest in the attacks were Aguata council secretariat, Ekwuluobia and Nnewi South local government headquarters, Ukpor.
Not done with the onslaughts, the gunmen have written letters to nine local government areas in Anambra State to be attacked soon.
The local government areas listed to be attacked are Ihiala, Aguata, Nnewi South, Awka North, Awka South, Idemili North, Idemili South, Orumba South, Orumba North and Anambra East.
In a message to the LGAs, the anonymous group warned security operatives to get ready for action in ‘Biafra Land’.
“These local government areas should wait for us soon. We are warning our dear Professor that it is time for action and not time to speak big grammar and talking. All the security men occupying should get ready for action”, they boasted..
