The lifeless body of a pastor was found near a pipeline after a two-day search by indigenes of Umuhuo, Ikwerrede-Awara community, in the Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State.
Though a pastor of Seven Days Church of God, Pastor Friday Isinwa was also a farmer, and he had gone to one of his farms to harvest cassava when he was waylaid by suspected cult members, who murdered him after striping him naked.
The remains of the father-of-four was found on Monday after the youths of the community went in search of him.
After his corpse was found, a large number of youths and some aged women in the community reportedly staged a protest against the killing.