Retired Police Officer Allegedly Beheaded by Hoodlums In Imo State
A retired police officer has Chris Kpatuma
(Hipis), was beheaded by Hoodlums said to be operating within Agwa, Izombe, and
Egbema in Ohaji/Egbema and Oguta local government areas of Imo state. The
hoodlums killed the Ex-police officer on his farm in the village. After killing
him, they took his corpse to his house.
According to a Vanguard report, the ugly incident occurred in the evening hours of Tuesday, January 25 at Mgbala autonomous community in Agwa clan Oguta LGA of Imo state southeast Nigeria.
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While
confirming the incident, the wife of the retired police officer Blessing
Kpatuma said
“My husband was beaten by the hoodlums and taken to an
unknown place they killed him and brought his lifeless body back home.”
An anonymous eyewitness
from the village said:
“A prominent
person, a retired police officer, Chris Kpatuma (Hipis) was murdered in cold
blood in Mgbala Agwa Autonomous Community by hoodlums. The hoodlums are
said to be a group of people from the various communities in Agwa, Izombe, and
Egbema (all in Oguta and Ohaji/Egbema LGAs).
They
waylaid the man at his gate in the village, shot him, took his body to the farm
area, slit his throat, and returned his body dead. In November this same group
killed a youth called Chimobi Duru, who was also a torn on the community.”
