By our reporter| Gunmen who abducted and subsequently beheaded Hon. Okechukwu Okoye, lawmaker who represented Aguata II constituency at the Anambra State House of Assembly, on Sunday threatened to kill more Anambra lawmakers.
Okoye was abducted in Aguata on May 15, but his head was found in Nnobi, Idemili South Local Government Area of the state, on Saturday.
According to residents of Nnobi, a note was dropped beside the head of Okoye which was dumped by the roadside.
“In the note, the killers vowed that more heads would roll. The letter was not too clear due to rain drops, but it started with the word “warning”, a resident told a national publication.
“At some point, it read, ‘everywhere you go, you cannot hide anywhere. We will go after you one by one because soldiers and police is (sic) no longer our problem.”
Anambra state has to some extent become ungovernable since the swearing-in of governor Chukwuma Soludo Killings on March 17.
At least, four local government headquarters in the state and several police stations had been set ablaze since the governor assumed office.
Some communities in the state have also raised alarm over the presence of “unknown gunmen” who set up camps in their areas.
According to messages circulating on social media, the criminal elements have created a new camp in Unubi, Nnewi South Local Government Area, from where they launch attacks on indigenes.
Also, an unsigned message circulating on social media gave an account of how the men attacked some residents in Igboukwu community, along Obiuno-Ekwulumili road last Friday.
“The armed gang have created a new Operational Camp in the Unubi bush, a town located in Nnewi South Local government Council of Anambra State.”
“On Friday evening, 20th of May, 2022 at about 5:50 pm unknown gunmen laid siege along the road, specifically at Ugwumba Bus Stop, in search of the owner of a Lexus Rx330 who allegedly succeeded in escaping from his car.
“The Lexus owner quickly alighted from the car after driving it into the gutter at Ugwumba Bus stop and ran into Ezechibuike’s home, that situates around the bus stop, through which he fled.
“However, the unidentified gunmen said to be numbering more than ten on arrival at the bus stop discovered that the owner of the car had left, so they laid siege to Ugwumba bus stop for an upward duration of an hour and commanded all the road users this evening to lie face down while they were busy conducting search of the Lexus owner.”
Indigenes of Igboukwu and Unubi in the diaspora were advised not to be in a hurry to return to the village.
An indigene of Ezinifitte, in the same local government area, said youths had deserted the community for fear of being forcefully conscripted into armed gangs.
With additional reports from Daily Trust
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