FOR the family of Mr. Emmanuel Uwagbaokwu of Ohobo Afara in Umuahia North Council Area of Abia State, happiness and peace of mind have eluded them for now following the gruesome murder of their 21 year old son, Ikechukwu Uwagbaokwu, allegedly by the operatives of the Abia State Police Command. Until his tragic death, Ikechukwu Vincent Uwagbaokwu was a student of Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo, in Ohaji- Egbema Local Government Area.
The Uwagbaokwu family is strongly linking the tragic killing of their son to a land dispute it has with the Ndukwe and Uwaga families. Specifically, the family is alleging that the said families framed their son and connived with the police to kill Ikechukwu because of the land dispute.
The land dispute was said to have lingered and was getting messier when the community’s traditional peace makers, Ibeku Okonko Arbitration Panel waded into it and had indeed fixed a date to hear from the families involved before one the parties lost one of the witnesses, prompting the rescheduling of the matter by the traditional panel. However, five days to the rescheduled date, Ikechukwu was gruesomely murdered and the Uwagbaokwu family is pointing accusing fingers at the rival families in the land dispute.
According to their petition to the Abia State Commissioner of Police, Uwagbaokwu family hinged their suspicion on an allegation from one of the rival families which had earlier accused them of being responsible for the death of their family member.
The Uwagbaokwu family, in the petition, written by their lawyer, Godwin Oriaku of Overcome’s Chambers, claimed that days before the burial of the deceased from the rival family, they [rival family] sent a warning message to them not to attend the burial ceremony, accusing them of having a hand in the death of their brother.
The petition also alleged that prior to the killing of Ikechukwu, “there have been threats issued at various occasions” by the rival family that lost a member that they were “going to avenge the death from the family of Uwagbaokwu”. In the petition addressed to Abia Police Commissioner, Joshak Habila, the family of the slain undergraduate accused the police of killing their son.
“On the 10th of September, 2015, Mr. Ikechukwu Vincent Uwagbaokwu, a Marketing Student of Imo Polytechnic went to bed at about 9.00pm but at about 10.50pm there was persistent banging on the door of the family house of the Uwagbaokwu. For more scintillating and juicy stories, follow the official Naijapals accounts On Twitter - @Naijapals and Facebook - www.facebook.com/naijapals
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Posted: at 14-10-2015 08:57 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
Machealex at 14-10-2015 09:09 PM (8 years ago) (m)
Problem here and there na waooo
Posted: at 14-10-2015 09:09 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
china4jessy at 14-10-2015 10:54 PM (8 years ago) (f)
NOW THEY HAVE KILLED THIS BOY, ARE THEIR .PROBLEMS SOLVED? tHEY ARE ADDING MORE PROBLEMS AND CURSE UPON THEMSELVES BY NEGLECTING THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD. (thou shall not kill)
Posted: at 14-10-2015 10:54 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
china4jessy at 14-10-2015 11:06 PM (8 years ago) (f)
NOW THEY HAVE KILLED THIS BOY, ARE THEIR .PROBLEMS SOLVED? tHEY ARE ADDING MORE PROBLEMS AND CURSE UPON THEMSELVES BY NEGLECTING THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD. (thou shall not kill)
Posted: at 14-10-2015 11:06 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
R.I.P guy and make sure u take revenge on whoever is involve wit ur killing.If u die like dat witout Avenging ur death,truly u go disappoint me reach brain.
Posted: at 15-10-2015 06:30 AM (8 years ago) | Hero
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