Congressman Okoye’s head was found on the side of the road, authorities offered a reward to find the culprit

“Congressman Okoye and his aide went missing on May 15. We have just found his head in the city of Nnewi, in the southern state of Anambra,” Anambra state police spokesman Tochukwu Ikenga said on May 22. know – “Congressman Okoye has been murdered. His head was found along Nnobi Road. No suspects have been arrested yet.”

The governor of Anambra state has offered a reward of 10 million naira ($24,000) to anyone who provides information about these brutal killers.

Violence has taken place in many parts of Nigeria for more than a decade. In early May, gunmen killed and beheaded two soldiers in the neighboring Imo state of Anambra. The Nigerian government blamed the separatists for the incident, according to Reuters.

Nigerian authorities are investigating the beheading of an Anambra state legislator. Illustration

Meanwhile, in the US, a 48-year-old man was shot dead for no reason at close range right on a subway train in New York City on May 22 (local time).

New York authorities say the suspect has not yet been identified and that he fled when the train entered the next station in Manhattan, according to reports. Reuters.

Preliminary investigation showed that the suspect was traveling in the same carriage as the victim. He unintentionally pulled out a gun and shot the victim in the chest at close range while the train was crossing the Manhattan Bridge.

The gunman and the victim did not seem to know each other. The victim (who has not been identified) is believed to have died at Bellevue hospital shortly after being shot at 11:40 a.m. local time.

The suspect is described as a large, heavy, “dark-skinned” man with a beard. Wearing a hooded sweatshirt, gray trousers and white sneakers, he ran away as the train pulled into Canal Street Station.

A pedestrian at a subway station in New York City. Photo: Reuters