Crime
BREAKING: Gunmen Behead Anambra Lawmaker
BREAKING: Gunmen Behead Anambra Lawmaker
A member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Okechukwu Okoye who was earlier kidnapped has been beheaded by unknown Gunmen.
Okoye, popularly known as “Okey Di Okey” was kidnapped late Sunday.
Okoye is representing the Aguata North constituency, the same community as the governor of the state, Professor Charles Soludo.
It was gathered that the lawmaker was taken away inside his black Sienna car within his constituency.
But Okoye was beheaded on Saturday evening.
After beheading him, his head was reportedly displayed at a motor park in Nnobi, Idemili South Local Government Area of the state.
The incident, which happened on Saturday, created panic in the community, which had been witnessing a series of violent killings since last year.
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Sources added that his body was not there and indications were that the killers removed the body.
“The Anambra lawmaker representing Soludo’s constituency, Okechukwu Okoye who was earlier kidnapped, has been beheaded by gunmen; the late lawmaker’s head was mounted at Chisco Park in Amichi community,” a military source said on Saturday.
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