By Newshour Staff
Gunmen have beheaded Chris Ohizu, the Sole Administrator of the Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State.
It was learnt his abductors allegedly received a six million ( N6m ) ransom for his release.
Ohizu was kidnapped alongside two others on Friday at his country home, Imoko community in Arondizuogu area of the LGA was razed.I
t was also learnt that the LG boss was shot before he was whisked away by his abductors.
Sources confided to our correspondent that the sole administrator was beheaded on Sunday.
Videos of his beheading surfaced online on Sunday evening.
A source said ” they beheaded the Ideato North Sole Administrator on Sunday. They posted the video of his beheading with his phone on his own WhatsApp status. This was how people got to know that he has been beheaded
.“He was sliced after collecting a ransom of N6m. He was killed in such an inhuman way. The videos are terrifying. May God heal our land.”
When contacted, the spokesperson for the Police in the state, Henry Okoye, said that investigation was on going