Gunmen attack Imo lawmaker’s house, behead security guard

A security guard attached to the country home of Ekene Nnodumele, a lawmaker representing Orsu constituency in the Imo house of assembly, has been killed by gunmen.

Abutu Yaro, the police commissioner in the state who confirmed the incident, said the gunmen attacked Nnodumele’s house around 1am on Wednesday.

The security guard, according to the police commissioner, was found beheaded inside the compound.

“We can confirm that there was an attack on the country home of Nnodumele, resulting in the death of a security guard on duty who appeared to have been beheaded,” he said.

“Also, the country home of the immediate past attorney-general of the state, Cyprian Akaolisa, was also attacked and investigation is also ongoing.”

Also confirming the attack to newsmen in Obibi, Awo-Idemili community, Nnodumele said the security guard on duty in his compound was killed when he tried to resist the gunmen.

The lawmaker, who expressed shock over the incident, said his constituents were neither violent nor rancorous.

He urged security operatives to beef up security of lives and property in the LGA and unravel circumstances surrounding the attack.

“It was a very shocking news to me because my aged parents were there. It is not in our culture to take or end life arbitrarily, so I believe it is the handiwork of foreign mercenaries and I leave everything to Almighty God,” he said.

“My security man was not just killed but was beheaded. I call on security operatives to strengthen security in Orsu LGA and ensure that lives and property are protected.”

He pledged continued support for the state government, while urging his constituents to remain law abiding and cooperate with law enforcement agencies so as to return peace to the area.

The lawmaker also confirmed the attack on Akaolisa’s country home in the same council, stating that gunshots were heard at the home of the erstwhile commissioner for justice before the gunmen moved to his house.

He, however, added that although parts of the former commissioner’s house were burnt, no lives were lost in the attack on his home.

The development comes barely two months after gunmen attacked the country home of Hope Uzodimma, governor of the state, in Oru LGA, killing two of the security operatives on duty at the house.