Gunmen on Tuesday evening shot dead an Assistant Superintendent of Police, identified as Ukam Efut, at a security checkpoint at Agwa in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State.
After shooting the officer dead, his killers went to chop off his manhood and fled with it.
A community source, who pleaded anonymity for security reasons, said that the gunmen met the policeman and his colleagues at a checkpoint and opened fire on them.
He said that while Efut was shot dead on the spot the other cops were lucky to have escaped.
The source said, “Unknown gunmen killed a police officer at Agwa Police Divisional Headquarters, Agwa, Oguta LGA, on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at about 4pm. The deceased officer Ukam Efut and two others were at a certain checking point, as usual, where they mounted a roadblock and were collecting money from illegal oil dealers (bunkering).
“Mr Ukam, the deceased officer, was shot dead and his penis cut off by his killers and made away with the penis. One of the other two officers sustained wounds on his face.
“We call the place he was shot dead Okpo-efi junction, Agwa Ejemekwuru road. The development was really unfortunate as they made away with the man’s private part. The community is quiet now.”
The chairman of the community, Ekene Onyejiekwe, said that the remains of the slain cop had been deposited at a morgue in Owerri.
A police source said that the slain cop was newly posted to the area.
“It is not more than two weeks he was transferred from Abia State to the area. He was the administrative officer and had two years to his retirement before he was murdered. It is really painful,” the source said.
