A motorist plying Owerri/Orlu road in Imo State has been beheaded by unknown gunmen with the man’s legs and hands chopped off at Okwudor junction in Njaba Local Government Area.
Africa Daily News, New York gathered from eyewitnesses in Njaba, that the incident happened on Saturday.
According to some community sources, hoodlums have been terrorising them in the area for the past week.
They said: ‘We woke up early morning of Saturday and discovered along the road at Okwudor junction in Njaba Local Government that a lifeless body and his head, hands and legs have been cut off. We think they are hardened criminals looking for a way to prepare charms for themselves.
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‘On Friday night we had several gunshots from different areas around the Okwudor junction. We were afraid that armed robbers had already come to attack us in our village but after about 30 minutes everywhere was calmed and we were surprised to come out and see this dead body. We are afraid these hoodlums want to take over Njaba.’
In a related development in the same Njaba, over ten vehicles have been set ablaze and two suspected Police Officers were killed when unknown gunmen attacked Njaba Divisional Police station at about 02:40 pm on Saturday.
Some people who spoke to Africa Daily News, New York said: ‘These men who attacked the Njaba Police station were in their convoy and they wore black attire. When they came, they started shooting in the air and people ran away.
‘They moved into the police station and killed about two persons there and burnt the police station. They may have taken away some arms and ammunition in the police station and released those in detention.’
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
