The Police in Abia State are on the trails of hoodlums who killed a Labour Party, LP, Chieftain, Mr Maduka Zachary at Uturu.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Maureen Chinaka, in a statement on Thursday disclosed that the 70-year-old chieftain, Maduka also known as Power Zack M, hailed from Ezieke Akpukpa Uturu in Isiukwuato Local Government Area, LGA, of the state.
He said that the decease was violently attacked, shot and beheaded by unidentified assailants at a drinking joint in Amelechi Akpukpa Community.
“Upon receiving this distressing information, a joint team comprising police and army personnel was swiftly dispatched to the scene.
“Tragically, they recovered Nmaduka’s lifeless body.
“Photographic evidence was captured at the scene and the deceased’s remains were promptly evacuated and deposited at Marist Mortuary Uturu”, Chinaka said.
The PPRO stated that investigations to unravel the killers of the LP chieftain was on going.