The councillor representing Umuchukwu in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra state has been crushed to death by a bus driver over land dispute.
The diceased councillor identified as Chukwuebuka Ikeji, was said to have a misunderstanding with the alleged killer of a communal land before he was targeted at the village square and crushed.
As a consequence, irate youths in the area mobilised and set the house of his alleged killer, Emmanuel Ukandu, ablaze.
Also torched was Ukandu’s bus, which he allegedly used to murder the victim.
The Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in the state, Edwin Okadigbo who confirmed the incident to newsmen said the Orumba South Divisional office of the NSCDC was alerted to the incident on Wednesday.
Okadigbo stated, “Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect, who had been laying claim to communal land, had been angry with all the people, who had prevented him from having his way.
“In the process, he killed the victim, who was the councillor representing Umuchukwu in the Orumba South Local Government Area, even when the motor boy, who was with him in the bus, was shouting at him not to hit the man.”
