A young boy of about 5 years old has been found dead few days after he was declared missing.

It was gathered that the incident happened in Amaokwu Amangballa, Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.

The deceased was strangled to death by unknown assailants and dumped by the roadside, salemreporters learnt.

A Facebook user, Prince Paul Okah who is an eyewitness wrote on Facebook;

EVIL COMES INTO EHUGBO…This is the corpse of an innocent young boy of about 5 years, who went missing few days ago in Amaokwu Amangballa, Afikpo North LGA of Ebonyi State.

A search was launched for him, with deployment of town criers, youths and purported report at the police station.

However, residents of Amaokwu Amangballa woke up today to see the corpse of the innocent boy in the same Amaokwu Amangballa; allegedly strangled by the unknown murderer and dumped for passerbys to see.

Who could do this to an innocent child? This is barbaric, heinous and condemnable! Just how did this evil come to humanity that even innocent children could be strangled and dumped for grieving parents to see? OH, WHAT WICKEDNESS.