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Gunmen Murder Imo Traditional Ruler

A traditional ruler, Eze Joe-Benz Ochulor, Olu 1 of Otulu Amumara, in Ezinihitte Mbaise Council Area of Imo state was on Saturday night reportedly kidnapped and murdered by unknown gunmen.

The incident was confirmed by the State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Henry Okoye.

An eyewitness said the monarch was “kidnapped last Saturday night. His body was found far away from the community. It is a shock to all of us. We are in pain as I talk to you now. He was kidnapped by 8 pm Saturday. His body was found at the roadside.”

According to a police source, the new Imo state commissioner of police, Aboki Danjuma has deployed a special squad to apprehend the killers.

He said: “The Commissioner of Police has set up a high-powered investigative team to fish out the assailant and make them face the wrath of the law. The CP has also deployed special tactical team to go after the killers and apprehend them.”

The medium reports that the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ife/Akpodim/Chokoneze Ward, Ezinihitte Mbaise council area of Imo, Smith Chiedoziem Anyanwu, was last week Thursday murdered.

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