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BREAKING: Gunmen storm Obosi, murder community leader in Anambra

The President-General of Obosi Community, in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Hon Ike Okolo has been reportedly shot dead.

This onlone medium learnt that Okolo was shot dead in a petrol station in the community by yet-to-be-identified gunmen at about 8pm, a day after the new year.

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A video circulating on the internet showed that the community leader was shot right inside his SUV, as he sat in a pool of his own blood, behind the steering of the car.

Obosi is one town known to be notorious for cult clashes, a development the President-General is said to have stood against, since he ascended office.

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As of the time of filing this report, it was not clear who his killers were.

A message to the State police command’s spokesperson, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga was yet to be replied.

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