Kidnapped Imo monarch’s wife found dead after ransom payment
76-year-old wife of the traditional ruler of Ihitoha Uratta
community, Owerri North council area of Imo State, Ugoeze Comfort Okoro, died
in the custody of kidnappers after a ransom had been paid by her family.
The corpse of the woman was reportedly found along a village
road in Akabor community in Oguta Local Government Area of the state, last
Sunday afternoon.
It was gathered that the monarch’s wife was kidnapped before
her husband and other domestic staff on Sunday, January 26 2020 barely one
month after she and her husband, HRH Dr. Emmanuel Okoro celebrated 50th wedding anniversary.
Prince Paul Okoro, younger brother to HRH Eze Dr. Emmanuel
Okoro Oha 1 of Ihitoha Uratta, who confirmed the incident described it as sad,
saying the death came after the family had paid the ransom demanded by the
kidnappers.
"On Sunday January 26, 2020, a group of boys stormed
the palace here and gathered the guards and all around at point and met the Eze
and wife upstairs around 8.30 pm.
They collected everybody’s phones including that of the Eze.
They took Ugoeze away. It was after they left that one of the servants came to
me to call the president general of the community that the unthinkable has
happened," he narrated.
“We waited for a call from them. But none came until three
days later when they called his daughter, who is the wife of the member, representing
Owerri Federal Constituency, Ikenna Elezianya, demanding a ransome. Her corpse
was recovered at Akabor Oguta LGA where it was dumped” he added.
A member of the anti-kidnapping Unit, disclosed that the
Police had arrested some suspects linked to the act.
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