Ezeship Tussle Claims Life In Mbaise

By ikenna orioha

Following Ezeship struggle in Imo state, Mr Christopher Ibe, a driver to Mr B.B Ohanaga, the Eze-elect of Umuaghara Onicha Nwenkwo autonomous community in Ezinihitte Mbaise LGA, was said to have been shot dead at his residence on Sunday 13th June, 2013, about 2 am, by assassins.

Narrating the incident to Trumpeta Newspaper, Mr Emmanuel Ahaghotu, the youth leader of Onicha Nwenkwo autonomous community, said that on 13th May 2013, about 2am, some group of hired assassins, now at large, shot and killed Mr Christopher Ibe and raped his 13 year old daughter at his house, as they could not get the Eze-elect, Mr B.B Ohanaga.

Mr Ahaghotu thanked the “State Robbery Squad Unit”, (SARS) of Imo Police Command for their efforts in apprehending the suspects who are currently remanded in prison custody by Itu Ezinihitte Mbaise Magistrate Court till 19th August, 2013.

Speaking also, Mr B.B Ohanaga, the Eze-elect, said that the suspected assassins who were earlier intercepted by the active youths of the area, later turned back to shoot his driver dead. He said the victim, his driver is a trustworthy person who has worked with him for over 15 years.

He further alleged that the suspected killers were sent to kill him and his family but could not before they went to his driver’s house and killed him in cold-blood, leaving his family in misery and penury.

Mr Ohanaga hinted that the death of his obedient driver touched him so much because he knows every detail about the Ezeship contest. He said the struggle started in 2009 when he overwhelmingly defeated his opponents because the people appreciated him.

However, the wife of the deceased, Mrs Leona Ibe, told journalists that his 57 years old husband was killed at the corridor of their house after being dragged out from his room by the killers, as well as raped his 13 year old daughter.

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