There was tension in the Otulu community in Ezinihitte, Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State as the traditional ruler of the community, Eze Joe Ochulor, was killed by some yet-to-be-identified gunmen.
The gunmen had on Saturday morning kidnapped Eze Ochulor.
The traditional ruler was killed in the evening of the same day he was abducted but his body was not found until Sunday morning.
Speaking to newsmen, a community source who does not want his name in the press, disclosed that the body of the abducted monarch was found on Sunday morning with his limbs cut off.
He said, “His mutilated body, with one leg severed from his body, was discovered along the Chokoneze-Mbutu Road where it had been dumped, while his family and community waited for his kidnappers to get in touch with them and possibly demand a ransom.”
The gunmen who broke into his palace and took him away reportedly shot intermittently, frightening away those who could have immediately raised an alarm.
The source said further, “There is tension in the land and our people are currently living in fear. The traditional ruler was removed from his residence on Saturday morning, which has left the villagers terrified. This is terrifying.”
Imo State Police Command’s spokesperson, Henry Okoye, did not pick up his calls or respond to the message sent to him.
In another development, the Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has rescued a construction worker trapped in a collapsed building under construction in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
It was gathered that the worker was trapped on Saturday when a part of a building under construction close to Taj Bank in the Central Business District area of the territory collapsed.
Head of Public Affairs of FEMA, Nkechi Isa, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Sunday.
According to him, the victim, a labourer, was working on the first floor of the building when the entire cast fell on him.
She said the victim had been rescued and taken to the Trauma Centre of the National Hospital, Abuja for medical attention.
She added that FEMA was alerted around 4:00 pm after the construction workers failed to rescue their trapped colleague.
“FEMA’s Search and Rescue Team and the FCT Fire Service responded to the distress call and were able to rescue the trapped man with the aid of extrication equipment and the construction company’s excavator,” she said.