Recent Killings In Afikpo; Concerned Authorities Should Take Note!

Recent Killings In Afikpo; Concerned Authorities Should Take Note!

AZUBUIKE INYA, EMMANUEL ENI AND MRS & MRS ONYA, ALL FROM NKPOGHORO, AFIKPO MURDERED BETWEEN MAY AND OCTOBER, 2020

{…Afikpo North Council Chairman, Barr. Obiageri Oko Enyim With The Help Of The State Governor Should Do Something Now To Save This Ugly Situation In Our Land}

Compiled By AJM NEWS Director,
Otu Obiahu

For some couple of months now,
horrific incidents had been
recorded in Afikpo North Local
Government Area of Ebonyi State,
making the town to be in the
news and to be seen in a bad
light.

Nkpoghoro community in particular have lost 4 persons through strange killings, between May and October, 2020.
As usual, we at AJM NEWS did our best by contacting the families of those killed, getting information of what really transpired and reporting same to the public via our different news platforms.

Unfortunately, no serious thing had been done to those allegedly involved in the killing of these poor Ehugbo indigenes, as the suspects are seen walking around freely and going about their businesses.

Below Is A Flashback On The Killings Recorded In Afikpo ( The 4 Persons Are From Nkpoghoro), Between May 22 and October 8, 2020.

🔖THE DEATH OF AZUBUIKE INYA
(Amankwo Nkpoghoro)

Amankwo in Nkpoghoro, Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State was on Friday, 22 May, thrown into a state of disarray and mourning, as some sword wielding young men allegedly working for a politician attacked some selected persons, killing one Mr. Azubuike Inya, aged 46 and a father of four, and wounding others.

However, a former Commissioner for Border Peace and Conflict Resolution in the state, Chief Donatus Ajah (Zentus), was on June 18, arrested by the men of the state police command and later released over his alleged involvement in the murder of Inya.
Both Ajah and Inya hail from
Amankwo village where a
misunderstanding had allegedly
erupted among the people of Azu
Ukwu Ewa in the night of 22nd May 2020, resulting to Inya’s death.

Battle For Supremacy

Residents said the skirmish was
triggered by supremacy battle
between two factions in the community. The two groups were
said to be loyal to a former Chairman, Interim Committee of
Amankwo Eziukwu Welfare Association, Ifeanyi Obila and the
former Commissioner, Ajah.
The former Commissioner’s group was alleged to have oppressed people in the area particularly those in the habit of challenging their opinions in the village. It was gathered that the suspected killers had stormed a pub in the village and attacked some villagers; inflicting machete cuts on them, a situation that caused anxiety and pandemonium in the community.
Inya, on hearing the cries of the
people at the pub, was said to have rushed to the scene and begged the attackers to stop what they were doing. It was at that point that the hoodlums pounced on him; giving him several machete cuts until he
died.

People in the area alleged that one Ifeanyi Ogbonnia Chukwu, a known ally of Ajah, perpetrated the heinous act. A resident, Pastor Emmanuel Nwachukwu while giving background information about the incident said that disunity brewed in the community towards the end of
last year (2019) after Ajah had
singlehandedly given out their
communal land to a telecommunication company to
be used for the installation of mast without the consent of other villagers.

According to him, Ajah allegedly
collected over N2million but presented the sum of N700,000 to the community as money for five years lease. Irked by what they perceived as under hand deal, the community rejected the N700,000 and dragged both Ajah and the company to court.
“After Hon Donatus (Ajah) had told us about the business, we requested for either Memorandum of Understanding or duplicate of the cheque given to him but he stoutly refused to provide us with any and having found out that he was not
transparent in the deal, around
January, 2020, we instituted litigation against him and the
company,” Nwachukwu said.

Following the position of Ifeanyi
Obila and another prominent indigene of the area, Titus Obila,
who had insisted that proper account be rendered, the former
Commissioner felt aggrieved and
allegedly incited his supporters
against his opponents. They had
allegedly threatened that hell would be let lose in the area if the matter was not withdrawn from court.
Pastor Nwachukwu also said that
after Ajah and his cohorts found
out that the people in the rival camp were not moved by their warning, they went further and erected some lockup shops at the entrance of Titus Obila’s compound as payback for his
adamant position on the issue.
He added that some stakeholders
reported the matter to the police
and the local government town
planning authority after they sensed the imminent danger associated with the illegal construction. The town planning authority visited the site and condemned the construction of the lockup shops on access way.
They came back some days later
and demolished the structure.

It was further gathered that it was after the demolition that Ajah’s supporters allegedly invited into the community a large number of hoodlums believed to be members of a cult group who started attacking members of the opposing camp one after another. It was in the process
that Inya was killed after they had
inflicted serious machete cuts on
Mr Emmanuel Eluu and others.

Ifeanyi Obila’s brother, Joel,
corroborated the pastor while Titus Obila, a surveyor from the community, added that it was after Ajah discovered he (Titus) was among the plaintiffs in one of the suits against him that he decided to witch hunt him by erecting the illegal structure on the road to his compound.
“Since 2018, Hon Donatus (Ajah)
had been doing all manners of
wickedness to frustrate our efforts from obtaining justice until recently when he influenced some persons against others in the village which has cost the life of Mr Azubuike (Inya)”, Obila, the surveyor said.

🔖 THE DEATH OF EMMANUEL ENI
(Ezi Ogudu, Amuku Nkpoghoro)

Another tragedy occurred again in Afikpo on Sunday, June 22, 2020, with the discovery of the lifeless
body of a young man, aged 40, believed to have been strangled to
death by unknown persons, lying
close to Holy Child School,
Ugwuegu Afikpo North Local
Government Area.

AJM NEWS was rightly informed
by a close family member of the
diseased whose name was given
as Mr. Jackson Ekoh from Ezi-
Ogudu, Amuku Nkpoghoro,
Afikpo, that the late Emmanuel
was found dead on Sunday, June
7, 2020 at Ugwuegu.

Late Emma’s Wife Speaks Out!
THE GRUESOME KILLING OF EMMANUEL ENI IN AFKPO; AFIKPO JOKWA SPEAKS WITH LATE EMMA’S WIFE, ANTHONIA:

Otu Obiahu, AJM NEWS

On Sunday, June 7, 2020, the family of Eni in Ezi Ogudu, Amuku Nkpoghoro, Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State was thrown into a mourning mood with the shocking news of the killing of their family member, husband and uncle, Mr. Emmanuel Eni, as earlier reported by Afikpo Jokwa/ AJM NEWS.

The wife of the late Emmanuel, who spoke with AJM NEWS correspondent revealed what led to her husband’s unfortunate death.

Hear her: “My name is Mrs. Anthonia Okpani Eni.
I’m the wife of late Mr. Emmanuel Eni who was murdered last Sunday.

“I got married to my husband, Emma and we wedded in November, 2016.
The very day we wedded, some men came to our house and attacked my husband for leaving a lady he had earlier dated, to marry me.

“It took the intervention of our neighbours to get my husband rescued from the attackers who were sent by the former lady he dated, who also had a baby girl for him.

“However, when I enquired from my husband why he decided not to marry the lady, he told me he was always having quarrels and misunderstanding with her. No peace in their relationship, no matter how hard he tried; which made him to quit the relationship to settle with another woman.

“My late husband also did his best to contribute to the training of the little girl whom his former lover bore for him, but as it was always the case, the lady would not accept anything from my husband on behalf of the little girl, even if it was school fees.
She would rather ask my husband to go to her mum to see if she would accept his contribution. When my husband goes to the mother as directed, the woman would not still receive whatever he came with.
Notwithstanding, I kept on encouraging my husband to keep supporting in the upbringing of the little girl no matter the treatment he was getting from the lady and her mother, because the girl is still his child.

“In several occasions, the lady would tell my husband that she would deal with him seriously, and atimes when she sees me on the road or crossing in front of her shop (where she sells provisions), she would begin to abuse and rain insults on me, and even threatened that I can never ever bear a child for my husband.

On Saturday, June 6, 2020, my husband came to pick me from my business centre at Ukpa (where I sell food).
As we got to a Suya Joint beside Zenith Bank, Afikpo, my husband packed his motorcycle for us to buy some Suya; then I noticed that the younger brother of my husband’s ex-lover also parked his own motorcycle somewhere along the road with one young boy he was carrying on the bike.

“However, my husband did not like the Suya, we mounted on our bike and moved down to the Suya Joint at Ngwori Centre near EBOTRANS park. But as we moved to the joint to buy the Suya, I also observed the young man was coming behind us with the boy he was carrying on his bike, and still came to the same Ngwori, packed his bike and then went inside the hotel with his colleague; which I immediately out of fear told my husband about the suspicious movements of the two guys, but he told me to forget about them.

“Then On Sunday, June 7, 2020 my husband received a call, left the house towards evening time and was later found dead beside his motorcycle at Holy Child, Ugwuegu Afikpo”.

However, Late Mr. Emmanuel Eni’s ex lover was arrested by the police for interrogations and had been since released, as Mr. Eni’s corpse is still lying in the mortuary up till date.

🔖THE DEATH OF MR AND MRS ONYA OKO
(Amuzu Nkpoghoro)

HUSBAND AND WIFE MURDERED IN THEIR FARMLAND BY UNKNOWN PEOPLE IN AFIKPO NORTH:

{…Some Have Linked The Killing And The Associated Raping Of The Woman To Herdsmen Living In The Area}

By Otu Obiahu, AJM NEWS

Nkpoghoro, Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State has once again been thrown into a state of mourning with the mysterious death of a couple from the community, Mr and Mrs Joseph Onya, who were found lifeless in their farmland located at Ameta, Ozizza Afkpo, in the morning of Friday, 9 October, 2020.

As at the time of this report, the remains of Mr and Mrs Joseph Onya had been laid to rest in their home town, Amuzu Nkpoghoro, Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.

Mr. Onya and his wife went to farm on Thursday but could not return; unfortunately, their lifeless bodies were discovered lying in their farmland.

Tears rolled down people’s cheek uncontrollably, as the murdered couple were being lowered to their grave.

According to the information made available to AJM NEWS by Hon. Christian Inya Agha, Management Committee Member (member 1) In-Charge of Education and Social Welfare, Afikpo-North East Development Center, Afikpo-North LGA, Ebonyi State, who is also a member of the bereaved family; “the late couple went to farm on Thursday, 8 October, 2020, but never came back.
On Friday morning, the family members decided to search for the couple with the assistance of their first son.

“On getting to the farm, we discovered to our chargrin the lifeless bodies of both the husband and the wife carefully dropped in their farm hut, with light bruises on their bodies.

“We, the family members and the DPO then took the dead bodies to Mater Hospital, Afikpo for examinations, where the doctor confirmed that the couple were murdered, adding that the woman was raped severely before murdering her”.

Hon. Christian Inya Agha also noted that the killers left an axe in the farmland, probably used to hack life out of the couple.

Hon. Christian Inya revealed that investigations carried out at the moment have not been able to unravel the cause of the killing or those behind the wicked act, though some people have linked it to herdsmen who live around the area.

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