A former Permanent Secretary in Ebonyi State, Cletus Nwezza, has been beheaded by his abductors in the Ezza Local Council Area of the state.
Nwezza was abducted by a group suspected to be Izzo Boys who have been terrorising the Ezza West, Oshiebe, Amuda Umuezeoka and Amaewula
communities.
A source, who did not want his name published, said the kidnappers of the former permanent secretary had demanded a ransom of N10 million, but killed him when the money failed to materialise.
It was gathered that following the kidnap, residents of the community had cooperated with the police by appearing to give in to the kidnappers, leading to the arrest of six people suspected to have been engineered the abduction.
However, the source said that a search party constituted after the arrest discovered the decomposing headless body of Nwezza buried in a shallow grave near a river in the community.
The state's Commissioner for Police, Adeola Adeniji, confirmed that the corpse of the former permanent secretary was discovered on Tuesday, but denied that Nwezza had been beheaded. He said that an autopsy would reveal the cause of death, while investigations would continue in the matter.
