A retired police officer, Chris Kpatuma (Hipis) was on Tuesday night, January 25, kidnapped and killed by Hoodlums in a village in Imo state.
According to Vanguard, the incident occurred at Mgbala autonomous community in Agwa clan in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo state.
It was gathered the hoodlums who operate within Agwa, Izombe and Egbema in Ohaji/Egbema and Oguta local government areas of the state, killed the police officer in a farm and then took his lifeless body to his house.
Speaking about the sad incident, the wife of the deceased, Blessing Kpatuma said;
“My husband was beaten by the hoodlums and taken to an unknown place they killed him and brought his lifeless body back home.”
An eyewitness from the village who confirmed the news said;
“A prominent person, a retired police officer, Chris Kpatuma (Hipis) was murdered in cold blood in Mgbala Agwa Autonomous Community by hoodlums. The hoodlums are said to be a group of people from the various communities in Agwa, Izombe and Egbema (all in Oguta and Ohaji/Egbema LGAs).
“They waylaid the man at his gate in the village, shot him, took his body to the farm area, slit his throat and returned his body dead. In November this same group killed a youth called Chimobi Duru, who was also a torn on the community.”
