THE NATION
Tension has enveloped Ezeala/Ezike autonomous community in Umuezeala, Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State over the gruesome slaughter of a deputy registrar of the Federal Polytechnic, Uwana, Ebonyi State, Innocent Obi.
Obi was said to have been killed by gunmen, operating under the guise of Biafra agitators.
The deceased, popularly known by villagers as Onye Army, was said to have retired from the military before joining the services of the Federal Polytechnic Uwana.
He was said to have also applied to be the next substantive registrar of the institution before his untimely death.
According to village sources, he travelled home to his Umuoboama village for the burial of a relative, who was killed in the Northeast as a soldier when he was abducted and killed.
It was further gathered no sooner had Obi retired to his family house in the village after the funeral last weekend when some hoodlums numbering over six had invaded his house around 10 pm.
The assailants were said to have operated in military and police uniforms.
“They broke through the main door and started using machetes and axes on him.
“His cry for help attracted villagers to the scene, but the boys who were operating on three motorcycles, started shooting consistently into the air.
“The shooting forced everybody who had come out for his rescue back. And they abducted Dee Onye Army from that Friday night, leaving heavy blood stains in the house,” one of the villagers said.
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