Gunmen kill Imo businessman

Gunmen, on Thursday, assassinated a businessman based in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State.

The businessman, Linus Nmuo, popularly known as Sakatan, was killed at his country home at Umuezikegbu in the Egbuoma community in the Oguta LGA in the early hours of the day.

A family source told our correspondent on condition of anonymity in Owerri that on arrival, the attackers went to their victim’s house and dragged him out.

They shot him repeatedly and made sure he died before they left the scene.

The source said, “Livinus Nmuo, also known as Sakatan, from Umuezikegbu Egbuoma in Oguta LGA, Imo State, has been assassinated. He was killed in the early hours of today, Thursday, November 30, 2023. He was my cousin.”

The spokesperson for the police in the state, Henry Okoye, had yet to respond to an inquiry concerning the murder case.

The PUNCH earlier reported that the Divisional Police Officer of the Ahiazu Mbaise LGA, another policeman, and a civilian were shot dead by criminals.

A day earlier, the traditional ruler of the Otulu community in the Ezinihitte Mbaise LGA, Eze Joe Achulor, was killed.

The lifeless body of the monarch was found by the roadside in the Mbutu community in the neighbouring Aboh Mbaise LGA.

Also, a few days earlier, the ward chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Ife/Akpodim/Chokoneze ward in the Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area of the state, Chiedoziem Anyanwu, was assassinated in the presence of his wife.

On his arrival, his killers demanded to see him. Immediately, they confirmed that he (Anyanwu) was the one they were looking for; they shot him repeatedly and made sure that he was dead before they left the scene.