Man beheaded by suspected cultists in Rivers

Suspected cultists have beheaded man identified as Chima Jonah, in Rumuekini community, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.

It was gathered that the victim was killed and beheaded in the presence of his wife.

A community source disclosed that had switched off the victim’s generator, and when the deceased went out to check what was the problem, he was shot by one of the killers before hacking him.

“Later around 11pm, we heard that he was inside when the killers came. The boys went to his generator which was on, closed the fuel tap. When he noticed that his generator’s sound had changed, he went outside to find out what happened.

“Immediately he came out, the boys shot him. He carried the bullet and ran back into the house. The boys followed him, killed him and cut off his head.”

The state police command was yet to confirm the incident as at the time of filing the report.