Gunmen have beheaded the Sole Administrator of the Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, Christopher Ohizu. 

His abductors carried out the act after allegedly receiving a N6millon ransom. 

The gunmen, who called themselves separatists, reportedly tied his hands backward with a rope before he was slaughtered.

The council boss was kidnapped with two others on Friday after his country home at Imoko community in Arondizuogu area of the LGA was razed.

He was shot on the legs before he was whisked away by his abductors.It was learnt that the sole administrator was beheaded on Sunday two days later in the forest.Videos of his beheading surfaced online on Sunday evening.