The Anambra State Police Command, and spokesperson of the Command, DSP Toochukwu Ikenganyia, said that the police is aware of the matter.
According
to report, controversial human rights activist and supporter of President
Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Kenechukwu Okeke has been killed in Anambra State.
Okeke was
said to have been macheted by his attackers numbering seven.
The
controversial activist who had dragged many celebrities and media outfits,
including CNN to court for defaming President Muhammadu Buhari and his
administration was killed in Nkpor, near Onitsha, Anambra State, in the presence
of his wife, Mrs Blessing Odinakachi Okeke and his little daughter.
Okeke’s
wife who made the allegations said: “Kenechukwu Okeke was killed by his tenant.
”The
Tenant, Chiadiobi, was living in our house, but when he packed out without our
knowledge and asked to be given two months of his rent that he left, we told
him he should have notified us that he was packing out”, the wife told our
reporter.
“My
husband was not around the day he came but I told him he packed out of the
house without our knowledge and should not be given back any money. He
threatened to deal with us, saying he will teach my husband a lesson. I called
my husband and told him what the boy said and that he should not come to
confront him, since they say he is a bad boy.
“My
husband later reported the matter to the DSS and to the police, and he was made
to write an undertaking, but he was still coming to terrorize us. Sometimes he
will come to our house and break open the gate and come in and pick whatever he
wants to pick.
“One day, he came to our house and my husband confronted him, without knowing that he had many boys with him downstairs, and before my husband could do anything, they macheted him, and the fuel we wanted to pour into our gen, they poured it on him and lit him up, and that was how my husband died.
“That day was Sunday and not everyone was around, and the few people around tried to quench the fire and also stop it from burning our house, and later we took him to hospital in Enugu, and that was how he died.”
Mrs Okeke lamented that since after her husband’s death in October, the family has been left alone with the burden of catering for his burial, just as no mention or quest by any organisation to take up his matter has been heard of.
She said
what was more heart-rending was that her husband’s killer; Chiadiobi, is still
in the neighbourhood, bragging about having dealt with Okeke, while also
confronting her husband’s aged mum.
“He even
recently confronted my husband’s mother, warning her that he heard that she is
taking the matter up, and was warning her to be careful. The boy is still free,
going around and without remorse, and we are just left alone to do the
arrangements of the burial.
“Up till
now, he has not been arrested, even though we took him to police and DSS, and
he was made to write an undertaking that he will not disturb us again, but he
has finally killed him. I’m not even understanding the police on this matter.
I’m confused. The boy is behaving like he is untouchable, and everyone is saying
that he is a bad boy and we should be careful. We live in Nkpor, near Onitsha,
Tarzan junction.”
The spokesperson
of the Police Command, DSP Toochukwu Ikenganyia, said…….
“It is a
reported case, but for now I can tell you that the matter is still sketchy.
Just give me some time, I will get back to you with the full details of the
matter,” he said.
Okeke had
been a staunch supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari administration and was
reputed to have backed the federal government and its activities during the
EndSARS protest in October 2020.
He had
also dragged some celebrities, including Davido, Flavour, and others to court
for leading the EndSARS protests in various cities in the country.
He
recently dragged Vanguard Newspapers and one of its reporters to court over its
title of March 9, 2021, where the paper reported that the self-acclaimed human
rights activist is an alleged fake lawyer.
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