Men Stripped Naked For Poisoning Village Chief Over Chairmanship Ambition
Just for a position that is not certain, and who dares cut short a man's
life for the promise of money and his son being sent overseas? A fool -
greed can only bring you to disgrace.
SUNDAY, January 13, 2013 is a day the Isiebu community in Isiala Mbano,
Imo State, would not forget in a hurry. It was the day one of their
prominent sons, Nze Hilary Onuoha, died shortly after telling his
younger brother, Mr. Bonaventure Ohuoha, his suspicion of being poisoned
where he went to have a drink. The story, according to Nze Onuoha,
started when one Ichie Romanus Akano was said to have met one Marcel
Emeh, whom it was learnt, owned a convenience store in the community.
According to his story, Ichie Akano had met Emeh and told him that Nze
Onuoha had continuously been an obstacle to his ambition of becoming a
chairman in the community.
It was learnt that Emeh, during his confession, in the presence of the
villagers, alleged that Ichie Romanus Akano confronted him in his shop
and threatened to kill him, if he failed to put poison in the drinks of
Nze Onuoha since he usually came to his store to have drinks.
Nigerian Tribune learnt that Akano was said also to have promised Emeh
N.5 million, in addition to his readiness to sponsor one of his children
overseas, if he accepted doing his bidding or alternatively, he should
be prepared to lose his life.
Sources disclosed that the cat was let out of the bag on Tuesday, when
Onuoha came back home sick. He was said to have invited his younger
brother to his room and told him that he was having a serious stomach
upset. When his brother asked him what he took, he was said to have
confessed to having some drinks at Emeh’s shop, and that he suspected
that he must have been poisoned.
Nigerian Tribune also learnt that Onuoha breathed his last a few minutes
after narrating his story. Bonaventure was then said to have alerted
the villagers through the village town crier immediately after his
brother’s demise. The villagers were summoned to the village square,
where Bonaventure narrated what his elder brother had told him.
Emeh was said to have quickly denied any involvement in the alleged
conspiracy. Upon his denial, the villagers were said to have agreed that
money would be raised to carry out an autopsy on the corpse of Onuoha
to ascertain whether or not the deceased had died of poisoning.
In the evening of the same day the meeting was held, Nigerian Tribune
gathered that Emeh was said to have sneaked into Bonaventure’s place
allegedly to confess to poisoning his brother, while saying that he
could not die alone for a sin jointly committed by Ichie Akano and him.
Bonaventure had then summoned the villagers again, charging Emeh to
inform them what he had narrated to him. Nigerian Tribune learnt that
after Emeh had repeated the story to the large crowd of villagers, they
were immediately stripped naked and paraded round the village.
Nigerian Tribune also learnt that the duo would have been lynched save
for the quick intervention of prominent citizens from the area who
pleaded with the crowd to hand the suspects over to the police at the
local government headquarters, Umuelemai, which the crowd agreed to do.
Meanwhile, the youth
in the area, out of anger, burnt the houses of both Ichie Romanus Akano
and Marcel Emeh, for allegedly masterminding the killing of Nze Onuoha,
their illustrious son, who was said to be a kingmaker in the
community.
It was gathered that the family members of the accused Ichie Akano and
Emeh fled from the community to escape the wrath of the angry youth,
while properties, worth millions of naira belonging to the suspects,
were destroyed.
Nigerian Tribune also learnt that the two suspects, who hailed from
Isiebu in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, are now
cooling their heels at the Isiala Mbano Divisional Police Headquarters
following their arrest over the alleged murder.
According to Marcel, Ichie however promised to give him N.5m and send
one of his children to overseas, if he accepted doing his bidding or he
(Marcle) would lose his life. Ichie Akano hails from Durukwari kindred,
Isiebu Autonomous Community with the deceased while Marcle Emeh hails
from Umudalum kindred, in Isiebu Autonomous Community.
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