Kidnapped Anambra lawmaker, Soludo’s representative, beheaded

The bodiless head of the member representing Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s constituency, Hon Okechukwu Okoye, who was kidnapped last week, was found Saturday at Nnobi, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State.

Okoye, who hailed from Isuofia, same community as Governor Soludo, was kidnapped alongside one other person, in Aguata, last Sunday while commuting in a Toyota Sienna bus.

The severed head of the now deceased lawmaker, according to the police, was found along Nnobi Road.

While presenting the state’s revised budget to the state lawmakers on Friday, Soludo had informed them that their colleague, who was representing him in the House of Assembly, was still in the kidnapper’s den.

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“I regret that one of you, the member representing the good people of Aguata II Constituency in the House of Assembly (my own representative) – Hon. Okechukwu Okoye, is still in the custody of the kidnappers.

“The security agencies are working very hard and round the clock to secure his freedom. God is on the throne and Anambra will win. Let me leave it at that,” the governor told the lawmakers.

However, the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed to the media Saturday night that Okoye had been killed.

“His head was found along Nnobi Road today (Saturday). There is no suspect in custody yet,” the police spokesman said.