BREAKING: Gunmen beheads LGA Chairman in Imo

The Sole Administrator of Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, Chris Ohizu has been beheaded by the abductors.

The gunmen beheaded him on Sunday despite the payment of N6 million ransom, CAPITAL POST has learnt.

The late Council boss was abducted alongside two other persons from his residence on Friday at Imoko Community in Arondizuogu area of the LGA by gunmen suspected to be IPOB militants.

His residence was set ablaze, and they shot him before he was whisked away.

Our correspondent gathered that the sole administrator was beheaded on Sunday.

Videos of his beheading surfaced online on Sunday evening.

A source said: ”they beheaded the Ideato North Sole Administrator on Sunday. They posted the video of his beheading with his phone on his own WhatsApp status. This was how people got to know that he has been beheaded.

“He was sliced after collecting a ransom of N6m. He was killed in such an inhuman way. The videos are terrifying. May God heal our land.”

When contacted, the spokesperson for the Police in the state, Henry Okoye, said that investigation was on going.