Kidnappers kill Imo traditional ruler, body dumped in market square

<p><strong>Gunmen have murdered the traditional ruler of Atta ancient kingdom in the Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;OpenLife&period;ng">Edwin Azike<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His corpse was found at the market square in the community on Friday morning after he was abducted on Thursday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A source said&comma; <em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The traditional ruler of Atta ancient kingdom in the Njaba LGA&comma; Eze Edwin Azike&comma; has been murdered&period; His lifeless body was dumped at the market square and the villagers discovered it this morning&period; He was kidnapped on Thursday and thereafter&comma; the community was invaded which led to the killing of four persons&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The chairman of Traditional Rulers Council&sol; Community Policing in the state&comma; Eze Emma Okeke&comma; said that the monarchs in the state were saddened by the killing of their colleague&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Describing the killing of Azike as an abomination&comma; Okeke said that the council was on Friday morning informed of the killing of the traditional ruler&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said&comma;<em><strong> &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We have got the sad news about the killing of Eze Edwin Azike&period; This is abominable in Igbo culture&period; I don’t know why traditional rulers are being hunted like this&period; We are not politicians&comma; we are only custodians of the culture of our people&period; We were informed on Thursday when he was kidnapped&comma; only for him to be found dead&comma; this morning&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;identities-of-18-lagos-school-pupils-injured-by-truck-revealed-full-list&sol;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;800080&semi;">Identities Of 18 Lagos Pupils Injured By Truck Revealed &lbrack;Full List&rsqb;<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Recall that the traditional ruler of Mbutu ancient kingdom in the Aboh Mbaise LGA&comma; Damian Nwaigwe&comma; was on Thursday morning abducted from his palace&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Also&comma; the traditional ruler of Achi Mbieri in the Mbaitoli LGA&comma; Henry Madumere&comma; was on November 20&comma; 2021&comma; kidnapped at Iho in Ikeduru LGA&comma; while on the way to a public function&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The octogenarian monarch&comma; who is the father of a former deputy governor of the state&comma; Eze Madumere&comma; was released six days after his abduction&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; Punch Newspaper<&sol;p>&NewLine;