Uchenna, popularly known as Naked Wire, according to reports hailed from Umuegbe Alaenyi Ogwa in Mbaitoli council area of Imo state.
Africa Today News gathered that the villagers had stormed the man’s house at the early hours of Monday, demanding that he goes through the normal traditional cleansing of running naked with palm fronds tied all over him.
Speaking with the member who represented the constituency in Imo House of Assembly, Ifeanyi Nnataraonye, he described the act as abominable.
Similarly, he condemned the decision of the villagers to strip the man naked in the name of traditional cleansing.
He said the idea did not help matters as the man, according to him, was seen moving around hours later.
The former lawmaker suggested that the police should have been allowed to take charge of the situation.
AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK