Gunmen Imo State, have assassinated the Deputy Registrar of Federal Polytechnic, Uwana, Ebonyi State, Innocent Obi, in Imo State.
Obi was reportedly killed in Ezeala/Ezike autonomous community in Umuezeala, Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of the state by gunmen suspected to be Biafra agitators.
The deceased, popularly known by villagers as Onye Army, was said to have retired from the military before joining the services of the Federal Polytechnic Uwana.
He was said to have also applied to be the next substantive registrar of the institution before his untimely death.
According to the villagers, he travelled home to his Umuoboama village for the burial of a relative killed in the Northeast (a soldier) who was abducted and killed.
