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Eze Paul Ogbu: Imo govt evacuates corpses of traditional ruler, nine others from kidnapper’s dump pit

The corpse of the murdered Imo monarch of Ihitte Ihube in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo state, Eze Paul Ogbu, who was kidnapped last Sunday, and 9 others have been evacuated from the dump pit of the kidnapper’s den.

The evacuation exercise was said to have been conducted on Friday by the Imo state government at the dungeon of the kidnappers located at Nkwerri Uda community in Orsu Local Government Area of the state.

According to Vanguard, the body of the youth leader of Ihitte community in Okigwe, Victor Chukwuemeka Osueke who was abducted alongside Eze Ogbu, was also among the corpses evacuated.

There are corpses you cannot identify and that was the end of it. We don’t know who they are. Their families may are looking for them for so many months. What we got, for now, are 10 bodies. Who knows what it will be tomorrow,” they said.

Even the son of the murdered monarch, Prince Chuks Ogbu who could not hold his tears confirmed the lifeless body of his father.

He said shortly, “I can confirm this is the body of my father. So, they killed my father. This is painful.”

It was gathered from not only the dump roasted bodies, fresh bodies were found in different locations in the Nkwerre Uda community.

However, among those who joined the evacuation exercise included the Army, Airforce, police and DSS as well as the mortuary attendants from the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Owerri.

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