Gunmen Kill Imo Traditional Ruler

By Charles Igbo

Again, the unprecedented happened in Imo on Thursday December 9.

A Traditional Ruler has been killed in a most indecent manner.

Gunmen abducted and killed the Traditional Ruler of Egbeteghete Community in Njaba Local Government Area, Imo State, His Royal Highness, Eze Edwin Azuike.

He was abducted from his Palace, and put in a car.

His body, stripped to his underpants, was later found in a red car where it was dumped along the road to Okwudor.

Incidentally, on same day, the Traditional Ruler of Mbutu, Aboh Mbaise, LGA, was abducted from his Palace at about 2.30am. He has not been seen or heard of yet.

A couple of weeks earlier, the father of a former  Deputy Governor of the State, Prince Eze Madumere, a Traditional Ruler, was abducted, with his driver, along the road from his car on his way to a function in Ikeduru. He was released after four days in his kidnappers den.

The abduction, and killing of Eze Azuike is a first in the State as Traditional Rulers are becoming endangered in Imo.

A couple of months ago, Gunmen stormed a meeting of Traditional Rulers at the Njaba LGA Headquarters, killed two of them, and injured three others, critically.

The Imo State Police Command has confirmed the murder of Eze Azuike.