•••30 Anambra Lawmakers Hold Emergency Meeting Over Death of Okoye
John Ugo, Awka
String indications emerged on Sunday that the bloodthirsty criminals who beheaded the lawmaker representing Aguata constituency II, Dr. Okechukwu Okoye May have collected N80 million from his family before killing him and his aide in a most gory, inhuman and callous manner.
A source close to the late lawmaker’s family said that a whopping N80 million ransom was allegedly paid to the kidnappers in order to ensure his release.
The source said that the family was shocked that the kidnappers went ahead to kill him after collecting so much money.
Meanwhile, the 30 members of the Anambra State House of Assembly on Sunday held an emergency closed door meeting in Awka the state capital.
The meeting presided over by the Speaker, Hon. Uchenna Okafor may not be unconnected with the gruesome murder on Saturday night of the lawmaker representing Aguata constituency 11, Dr. Okechukwu Okoye by unknown Gunmen.
Members of the house held the closed door meeting at the personal office of the speaker.
Security was beefed up around the legislative complex during the meeting by the lawmakers.
About four patrol vans with heavily armed men were deployed to the house while the parley lasted.
The over two hours meeting commenced around 12noon and ended around 2:44pm when the lawmakers came out, wearing mournful look.
The legislators adjourned sine die pending the outcome of police and state government action on the death of the lawmaker.
Speaker Okafor however refused to speak to newsmen after the meeting and referred journalists to his earlier statement on Late Okoye’s demise.
It was gathered that Governor Soludo had wanted to meet with the lawmakers on the way forward but the legislators were said to have suspended the idea in order to respect and mourn their departed colleague.
Dr. Okoye, a chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and chairman, House Committee on Information, was kidnapped on May 10th with his his aide, Mr. Cyril Chiegboka, as both of them rode in a Sienna bus car belonging to the lawmaker.
His decapitated head was discovered while his body missing at Nnobi community in Idemili South local government area of the state.
The terrifying incident about the lawmaker’s abduction saga, the sudden discovery of his being beheaded after over one week of fruitless search by tactical team of operatives of the state police command and vigilante groups have added worrisome dimension to the worsening state of insecurity across the state and by extension the entire Southeast geo political zone of the country.
