The traditional ruler of Otulu community in the Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo state, Eze Joe Ochulor, has been murdered.
The monarch who was kidnapped by yet-to-be identified gunmen on Saturday morning was said to have killed in the evening.
A resident of the community said that the monarch’s body was found on the roadside at Mbutu community in the neighbouring Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area on Saturday.
He said “The traditional ruler of Otulu community in Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State has been killed. The lifeless body of the king was found on the roadside at Mbutu community in Aboh Mbaise LGA on Saturday night. He was abducted from his palace on Saturday morning.
There is fear everywhere. Villagers are afraid because the traditional ruler was taken from his home on Saturday morning only for his lifeless body to be found on the same Saturday. This is horrifying.”
When contacted, the spokesperson for the police in the state, Henry Okoye, confirmed the killing of the monarch and assured that the command will do everything possible to apprehend the suspects.
He said the state commissioner of police had declared a manhunt for the killers of the traditional ruler.
That killing of the traditional ruler comes few days after the ward chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Ife/ Akpodim/Chokoneze Ward in the same Ezinihitte Mbaise LGA , Chiedoziem Anyanwu, was assassinated in the presence of his wife.
The gunmen had arrived and demanded to see him.
Upon confirming that he was the one they were looking for, they shot him and confirmed that he was dead before they left the scene.
