Nigeria, June 28 -- The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the tragic murder of a prominent community leader in Nimo,Njikoka Local Government Area of the state, Ogbuefi Ozo Nnanyelugo, by yet-to-be-identified criminals.

Ozo Nnanyelugo, a respected elder and member of the Nimo Royal Cabinet, was allegedly abducted in his farmland by gunmen who later killed him days after, despite collecting a ransom of fifteen million naira for his release.

According to eyewitnesses, the masked assailants stormed the farmland where Chief Nnanyelugo was supervising activities, throwing the place into confusion as workers fled for their lives, abandoning only him.

The gunmen seized the elderly man at gunpoint and whisked him away, shortly after wh...