Forty eight hours after he went missing, Emeka Alaehobi, a youth leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has been found dead in Anambra state.
Alaehobi was said to have been killed in Utuh, a community in Nnewi south LGA on Saturday.
The youth leader was reportedly abducted on Thursday after gunmen raided his residence in Ukpor community.
His lifeless body was said to have been found at a junction in Utuh, a few kilometres from Ukpor, where he was kidnapped.
Tochukwu Ikenga, police spokesperson in Anambra, confirmed the development to TheCable on Saturday evening.
“The corpse has been removed by some persons, we were yet to identify before our operatives got to the scene,” he said.
“Further enquiries made by our operatives from an eyewitness in the area, later identified the victim as one Emeka Anaehiobi who was abducted on 9/6/2022 in his residence at Ukpor, Nnewi south.”
The police spokesperson said operatives are on the trail of the attackers, adding that the perpetrators will be made to face justice.
