Gunmen, on Friday, killed a former traditional ruler of Mkpunando Aguleri in Anambra East local government area, Igwe Alex Edozieuno on the Ezu Bridge, Otuocha Road.
The former monarch, 62, was allegedly killed tigerher with his driver, Chukwuemeka.
It was not clear as of publication time what led to the killing.
There were suggestions that it was assassination.
Edozieuno was one of the 12 traditional rulers in the state suspended last year by Governor Willie Obiano for visiting President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja in company with the billionaire oil magnate, Prince Arthur Eze.
Following the incident, his subjects subsequently dethroned him and crowned another traditional ruler.
There were reports that the Royal father was shot in the head and dragged into the nearby bush, while his driver who was equally shot in the head was left in the vehicle.
The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO in the state, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, who confirmed the incident said the new Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Tony Olofu, had already visited the crime scene.
The PPRO said: “The CP described the incident as man’s inhumanity to man and he has ordered immediate investigation into the incident.
“The exhibits recovered from the scene of the crime include one Lexus 470 with plate Reg No Aguleri-1 belonging to the victim and some expended ammunition.
“The bodies of the victims have been deposited in a mortuary.”
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