Imo: Again, Fresh Human Head Dumped In Orlu Road

By Charles Igbo

The sacrilege in Imo State continued on Friday, March 11, 2022, when a male, fresh, human head was conspicuously dumped at the popular Banana Junction, Orlu.

Residents woke up Friday morning, only to be assaulted by the sacrilegious sight.

Nobody knows who were behind the horrendous act, or the point they wanted to make. But the Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, visited the area on Thursday during an inspection of the huge first class road his Government is constructing, and stopped at the same spot where the fresh human head was dumped.

Said a sad indigene of the area to this magazine: “Those who did this wanted to tell the State that: “We are still here because there has been peace in the State for sometime.”

At the time of writing this, Friday, the identity of the beheaded male, whose head was still at the spot it was dumped, was yet to be known. His body has, also, not been found, nor has the Police issued a statement.

This strange and abominable incident is not unprecedented in the Orlu area of the State. For over a year, the Orlu area of Imo State has been facing serious security challenges. Kidnappings are taken for granted, and so are killings and arson, especially, of Policemen and Police facilities.

On about three other occasions, human beings had been beheaded, and their heads hung in public places like trophies.

The insecurity in the area has brought to a halt, almost,  social and commercial activities. Not a few indigenes of Orlu, especially, those with recognizable names, and those who leave outside it, have abandoned the Zone. They have relocated to other areas, including, Owerri and Anambra State.

Incidentally, the Governor is from Orlu zone of the State. And so are his two predecessors, Achike Udenwa and Rochas Okorocha.

Gradually, but steadily, the Zone, lmolites say, is destroying itself.