Some cultists in Imo have reportedly murdered a lady, Janet Okoro, for refusing to surrender her phone to them.
It was gathered that the hoodlums accosted her on her way home on Saturday along Edede Street, Owerri, the Imo State capital. She was said to have refused to yield to their demand to give them her phone.
A source said, “The lady was stopped by some cult boys on Edede Street, who demanded her phone; the victim refused and the boys shot her and made away with the phone.
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“She was later rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, where she was confirmed dead by medical doctors on duty.”
Confirming the incidenWhent, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, said the investigation had commenced into the killing.
Noting that the remains of the deceased had been deposited in the morgue, he said the command would arrest the killers.