By PAMELA EBOH, Awka

The head of the member representing Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s constituency (Aguata 2) in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon Okechukwu Okoye, was on Saturday found lying along Nnobi road in Idemili South Local Government Area of the state without the body.

But information has it that Okoye’s headless body was later found at Chisco Park, Amichi, in Aguata area.

Okoye was kidnapped on Sunday, May 15, 2022, by gunmen while returning from a village meeting in Isuofia alongside his aide, Mr. Ulaevu Chiegboka, also from Isuofia in Aguata council area.

The Toyota Camry car he drove in was however abandoned and later recovered by the police.

While presenting the state’s revised budget to the state lawmakers on Friday, Governor Soludo informed them that their colleague who was representing him in the House of Assembly was still in the kidnappers’ den.

His words: “I regret that one of you, the member representing the good people of Aguata II Constituency in the House of Assembly (my own representative) – Hon. Okechukwu Okoye, is still in the custody of the kidnappers.

“The security agencies are working very hard and round the clock to secure his freedom. God is on the throne and Anambra will win. Let me leave it at that.”

The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, last night confirmed that Okoye had been killed.

He said: “His head was found along Nnobi road today (Saturday). There is no suspect in custody yet.”

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