A man has been beheaded while working on his farm in an Anambra State community, causing serious panic in the area.
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A 73-year old man, Obadiah Eliaku, has been murdered in his farm at Akuzor Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Saturday Punch reports.
The old man was beheaded by yet-to-be-identified persons.
Obadiah was said to have gone to his farm on the Nkisi River bank with his son, Cheta, to clear the farm, where he was attacked by some people wielding all sorts of weapons.
His son who escaped raised the alarm which attracted people in the community .
They later found the headless body of the 73-year-old farmer
According to Saturday Punch, a community leader in the area, Mr. Chris Udeze, who spoke on the matter, said the incident might not be unconnected with a land dispute between Nkpor and Oze community in Oyi Local Government Area.
He said the community would unmask the assailants.
Reacting, the Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Garba Umar, enjoined communities in the state to follow due process in resolving land disputes, while assuring that the killers would be tracked.
The body of the deceased has been deposited in the mortuary.