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Chris Ohizu, the kidnapped sole administrator of Imo State’s Ideato North Local Government Area, has been beheaded.

The council chief was killed on Sunday after his kidnappers allegedly received N6 million ransom.

On Sunday, a video of his beheading appeared online, with his killers adamant that there would be no election in the nation.

The killers of the lone administrator posted videos of the beheading on his WhatsApp status using the victim’s phone, according to a source from the LGA who wished to remain anonymous.

The source said, “The sole administrator has been beheaded. We saw videos of how he was being beheaded on Sunday. His killers posted it with his phone on his own WhatsApp status. That was how people got to know that he was beheaded.

The source said, “The sole administrator has been beheaded. We saw videos of how he was being beheaded on Sunday. His killers posted it with his phone on his own WhatsApp status. That was how people got to know that he was beheaded.

“The videos were horrible. He was tied and half naked before he was beheaded. That was a painful way to die. They butchered him after collecting N6 million ransom.”

Henry Okoye, a spokesman for the state’s police, acknowledged the occurrence when reached and merely stated “investigation is ongoing.”

Following the burning of his country house in the Imoko community in the Arondizuogu region of the LGA, the murdered lone administrator was kidnapped on Friday along with two others.

He was shot before he was taken away.

Power authorities in Johannesburg this week cut off the power supply to the Nigerian Consulate in South Africa, reports thegazellenews.com.

The city power visited multiple premises around Joburg’s region E, disconnecting electricity to recoup more than R360 million it is owed by individuals and organizations in the region.

The city power authority said the Nigerian Consulate owed more than R400 000 ($23 300).

The Nigerian Consulate in South Africa however issued a statement expressing displeasure, adding that the South African Government had to investigate the conduct of the Johannesburg power officials.

The statement read in part that, “the invasion squad which comprised officials of the Johannesburg Metro Police (JMPD), and city power, as well as members of the press, arrived at the Consulate without prior notice or appointment and disrupted normal consular services”.

The spokesperson of the South African Foreign Affairs Ministry has however said the matter is being handled through diplomatic channels. 

In his statement to AFP, Clayso Monyela, who is the spokesperson of the South African Foreign Affairs Ministry said, “the Nigerian consulate has dispatched a note to us,the matter is being handled through diplomatic channels. We’ll engage all parties involved to in order to find an amicable solution”.

The Foreign Affairs Ministry blasted the city’s actions as “in complete violation of international treaties and conversations, especially the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, which guarantees the inviolability of consular premises.