Sunday Nwafor, an operative of the local security outfit, Ebubeagu has been killed by unknown gunmen in Ekpelu community, in the Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
It was gathered that the assailants also carted away the severed head and uniform of the operative.
The state police command confirmed that five gunmen stormed Nwafor’s home at night and shot him dead.
In a statement, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Loveth Odah said, “According to the DPO of Ikwo Police Division, some gunmen went to the house of one Sunday Nwafor. He was about 30 years old and a member of the Ebubeagu security outfit. The gunmen broke into his room while he was asleep and shot him dead. They dragged the body outside and beheaded him.
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“His wife, who spoke to the police, said before she heard a gunshot, she overheard one of the hoodlums telling her husband that he left them in the bush and came back home to enjoy himself by collecting N30,000 monthly from the government.
“Two of the suspects have been arrested; investigation is ongoing. This act is barbaric and inhumane. This is coming barely two weeks after we recorded the other Ebubeagu incident, in which someone was also killed in this form and half burnt.
“The Commissioner of Police condemns in totality this kind of killing and has vowed to do everything within the ambit of the law to ensure that the remaining perpetrators are brought to book.”