CHIMA NJOKU PLACES ONE MILLION NAIRA BOUNTY ON KILLERS OF SHADRACK CHIKWEM IN UMUEMESHIE COMMUNITY, CHOKOTA IGBOH-ETCHE.
Umuemeshie community in Chokota of Igbo Etche in Etche Local Government Area was this morning thrown into mourning as one Mr Shadrack Ogadinma Chikwem who was murdered in cold blood by some suspected assailants while they were in a family meeting.
The Executive Chairman of Etche Local Government Council, Chief Chima Njoku who visited the scene of the crime expressed shock over the gruesome murder of Mr Shadrack Chikwem and noted with dismay the rate of killings in the community.
He said the council would take all necessary steps to bring the perpetrators to book and directed the police divisions in the area to go into action and placed a bounty of one million naira for any with useful information that would led to the arrest of the assailants and their cohorts.
An eyewitness who was the elder brother of the deceased, Chief Anderson Onyekachi said they were in a family meeting when one Gift Nnaye Okere who earlier declared wanted by the chairman of Etche Local Government Council, stormed their meeting with four others and first stabbed him. He explained that as the deceased attempted to rescue him, he was shot dead and took his body away as everyone run for safety.
He accused the dethroned Ochimba of Chokota community, Chief Elijah Okere as the mastermind of the killings.
Other eyewitnesses described the murder of Shadrack as a big loss to the umuemeshie community Chokota, who they said was an enterprising young man and a one time youth leader of Umuemeshie community.
Dagogo Isaac
Chief Press Secretary
Etche Local Government Council.
17th December 2025.
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