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The decapitated body of a former local MP, Nelson Achukwu was found, two weeks after his abduction by gunmen for a second time, Police in Anambra state said. On both occasions, his family has paid a ransom for his safe return, local media reported. It is not clear who abducted …

Nigerian police launched an investigation into the beheading of a local MP in the southeastern state of Anambra a week after gunmen abducted him and an aide. The discovery of Okechukwu Okoye‘s mutilated body over the weekend has sparked outrage. Anambra’s state governor Charles Soludo described the killing as gruesome, …