SOME
sinful youths of Ovogo community, Odoegu clan in Emohua Local
Government Area, Rivers State, have outrageously murdered and buried a
22-year-old crane operator with a Port-Harcourt construction company,
Chimnumezi Wokoma, in a pit toilet.
Police recover corpse: His
remains were recovered from the pit toilet by men of the Nigeria Police
Force, NPF, from the Divisional Headquarters, Rumuji in Rivers state,
amidst cries by family members and sympathizers, who were shuddered by
the despicable act.
Niger Delta Voice
gathered that the deceased, who hailed from Omuogbo, Ibaa, also in
Emohua local government area, accompanied a friend to Ovogo community to
intercede in a dispute between his friend’s sister and some boys in the
town.Our source said Chimnumeze, who proceeded with his friend to Ovogo
barely after he returned from Port-Harcourt on the ill-fated day,
entered the compound, where his friend’s sister was residing with the
boys, and was sitting on the pavement when one of them pounced on him
with a cutlass.
His words, “It was obvious that they did not come
to fight, he came with his friend to intervene in the matter between his
sister and some boys. He had just entered the compound when one of the
boys made for a cutlass and attacked him where he was sitting.”
It
was learned that other members of the group joined in attacking him and
his friend and in the ensuing fracas, Chimnumezi was killed.
They murdered my only child— Bereaved mother
Chimnumezi’s mother, Mrs Nkiruka, who was stunned by the incident, said the deceased was her only son.
She
swore that the boys, who conspired and killed her only child, would not
go unpunished and pleaded with government to bring the culprits to book
without much ado.
We’re waiting to know why our son was killed
Community
Development Committee, CDC, chair in Ibaa, Mr. Sunday Amadi, said Ibaa
people were waiting for the people to come and explain to them why the
decided to kill and bury an Ibaa son.
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