Cultists kill Anambra man, dumps his corpse in abandoned tricycle

<p>Many residents of the community have been left in panic since the incident happened two days ago.</p>, <span>Anambra Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) promised the culprits will be fished out Businessday NG</span>, <h2>Some suspected cultists, on Wednesday, August 2, 2023, gruesomely killed a yet-to-be identified middle-aged man.</h2>, <p>It was gathered that after killing the man, the cultists proceeded to dump his corpse inside a partially destroyed tricycle near the back gate of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku, Awka, Anambra State capital.</p>, <p>"His killers dumped the corpse a few hours ago. I just passed the scene after I parked my car where I have come to visit a sick relative at the hospital. The tricycle and the corpse were not there when I parked my car," an eyewitness, who spoke on a condition of anonymity, said.</p>, <p>The incident was said to have led to panic among the community residents and passers-by who avoided the scene for fear of reprisal from rival cult gangs.</p>, <p>"We saw when some people parking the tricycle at the scene and alighting. We thought they would return to pick up the tricycle.</p>, <p>"We did not know there was still another person inside the tricycle when others alighted; we only discovered a corpse inside the tricycle when people gathered around the scene shortly after," the eyewitness added.</p>, <p>Confirming this incident, the Anambra Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, said the corpse had been removed and deposited at a morgue.</p>, <p>"The body has been recovered and deposited at a morgue. The investigation is ongoing to unravel the circumstances behind the development," Ikenga stated.</p>, <p>The police spokesperson promised that the culprits would be fished out and made to face the wrath of the law.</p>