An 80-year-old man, Paul Onwualu, has reportedly been killed in Nkpor community, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State.

The deceased, said to be one of the aspirants to the Igweship throne in the community, allegedly died after sustaining injuries inflicted on him by police officers said to be from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Abuja.

According to sources, the policemen, who reportedly arrived in the company of persons opposed to his Igweship aspiration, stormed the octogenarian’s residence to arrest him.

“It was in the process of arresting him that he was beaten into a coma, bundled into a waiting police vehicle and whisked away to Ogidi Police Station.

“He collapsed on the way to the station and was rushed to Iyi-Enu Mission Hospital, Ogidi, where medical personnel on duty confirmed him dead,” the source said.

Wife of the deceased, Mrs. Anthonia Onwualu, while lamenting her husband’s sudden death, alleged that he was beaten into a coma before being taken away.

“On Thursday, the police, in the company of some persons opposed to my husband’s Igweship aspiration, stormed our residence at Umusiome, beating my husband into a coma before whisking him away to an unknown destination.

“I was later told that the policemen were on their way to Ogidi Police Station to detain him, but he died on the way.

“Those who came with the police to our residence scaled the perimeter fence of our compound because the gate is always kept under lock and key,” she said amid tears.

Our correspondent gathered that the ongoing Igweship tussle is already before a High Court in Ogidi in Suit No. HID/72/2026.

Police spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga, said he was aware of the incident and promised to obtain full details of the report.