{"id":96232,"date":"2022-06-22T06:20:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T05:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=96232"},"modified":"2022-06-22T06:20:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T05:20:48","slug":"abia-community-boils-over-kidnap-murder-of-lorry-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abia-community-boils-over-kidnap-murder-of-lorry-driver\/","title":{"rendered":"Abia community boils over kidnap, murder of lorry driver\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1736279088394273791\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The sleepy Umuorie community in Ukwa West LGA\u00a0 of Abia State is boiling over the murder of a tipper driver by unknown gunmen.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Community sources told Pointblanknews.com that the victim identified as Israel Nwobilo, was kidnapped with his assistant driver on Saturday, June 18 when they went to carry sand from a site at Umukalu community.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, he was found dead a day later at a bush area of the community.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The youths had embarked on a search around the bush where they later discovered the lifeless body of the victim.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Angered by the development, youths went on rampage parading the victim&#8217;s corpse to Obehie town to register their grievances.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The youths were said to have tied the corpse to wooden poles and marching through the streets of Obehie, chanting war songs.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Israel Nwobilo who is a tipper driver went to a sand excavation site at Umukalu community to get sand but he was kidnapped with his conductor by unknown gunmen.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;But the conductor escaped from the kidnappers&#8217; den and informed the community people on how they were kidnapped at Umukalu.The discovery of the corpse caused tension in the Umuorie community. 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