The decomposing corpse of the Deputy Registrar of the Federal Polytechnic, Uwana, in Ebonyi State, Innocent Obi has been found.
According to reports, the development has caused palpable tension in Ezeala, Umuezeala autonomous community in the Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State.
Obi was reported kidnapped from his residence in the village after he returned from Ebonyi State last weekend.
The village sources that spoke with newsmen revealed that the victim travelled to his village in Imo State from his base in Ebonyi State for the funeral rites of his relative.
The deceased, popularly known by villagers as Onye Army, was said to have retired from the military before joining the service of the Federal Polytechnic, Uwana.
He was said to have also applied to be the next substantive registrar of the institution before his untimely death.
Obi was abducted by some hoodlums numbering over six around 10 p.m. after returning to his house after the funeral last weekend.
The assailants were said to have operated in military and police uniforms.
The source revealed, “They broke through the main door and started using machetes and axes on him.
“His cry for help attracted villagers to the scene, but the boys who were operating on three motorcycles, started shooting consistently into the air.
“The shooting forced everybody who had come out for his rescue back. And they abducted Dee Onye Army from that Friday night, leaving heavy blood stains in the house.”
The source added that the villagers, the following day, Saturday, had summoned a search party, which went in search of him.
The source added, “It was late Sunday afternoon that we got information about a decomposing corpse lying between Ehime Mbano and Ahiazu Mbaise.
“When our people visited the scene that Sunday, it was the dead body of our brother, Dee Onye Army, that we met.
“They gruesomely butchered him beyond recognition.
“Dee Onye Army was a man who ensured that any youth who wanted to go to school got admission. So many youths were given admission to his school. He never lived like a rich man, always unassuming.
“It was now that he started building his own house in the village and that building is just within the decking stage before his death.”
The incident is said to have left the community and its neighbours in great fear, following the recurrence of similar killings and other related criminal activities in the area, particularly the killing of about five security operatives in the area recently.
Another source who hails from the same village as the victim, who spoke on condition of anonymity said the killing of the deputy registrar had caused panic in the community.
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