Gunmen Behead Anambra Lawmaker, Dump Head at Motor Park

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A member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Dr Okechukwu Okoye, who was earlier kidnapped, has been beheaded.

The lawmaker, popularly known as “Okey Di Okay” was kidnapped late on Sunday.

Until his kidnap and murder, Okoye was representing the Aguata North constituency.

Governor Chukwuma Soludo, who confirmed his kidnap on Thursday, during the presentation of the 2022 revised budget to the state House of Assembly, regretted his abduction and assured that the lawmaker would be rescued soon as security agencies were working round the clock to ensure his release.

But his head was mounted at the Chisco Park in Amichi community, Anambra State yesterday.

In a viral video circulating online, the head was seen placed in a carton by the roadside with a handwritten note placed by the side.

The state police spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga, had last week confirmed the lawmaker’s kidnap, saying the deceased’s black Siena bus, which he was driving before the incident, had been recovered.