Gunmen Brutally Murder Enugu Community Leader, Two Others As Family Petitions Governor Mbah
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The sources told SaharaReporters that assassination of Okoye and the others must be connected to the traditional stool in which the late president general was seen as his obstacle.
Hoodlums suspected to be hired assassins have brutally murdered the President General of Amafor Community, Ugbawka, Nkanu East, Enugu State, Mr Osita Okoye.
The assailants, SaharaReporters gathered on Saturday, killed two other persons, in the incident that occurred on October 6, 2024.
The sources told SaharaReporters that assassination of Okoye and the others must be connected to the traditional stool in which the late president general was seen as his obstacle.
Meanwhile, Mr. Amaechi Okoye, elder brother of Late Osita, has petitioned Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State for intervention and to ensure that all the murders were arrested and brought to justice.
In the petition dated November 15, which was written through a civic organisation, Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN), Amaechi accused one Samuel Nnamani, who has been on the run since the incident as the principal suspect in the murder of his brother.
Amaechi, who resides in Anambra State when the incident happened, informed the governor that he had earlier wrote to the AIG Force CID, Annex, Police Headquarters, Enugu, vide a petition dated 8th November 2024, wherein he informed the office that the murder suspect who has been evading arrest for over a month be arrested and handed over to the investigators at the State CID, Enugu, who have been looking for him.
He stated that his brother was assassinated when he arrived at Amagu, Amafor Community alongside two other community members, namely – Sunday Eze and Eugene Okafor for a meeting the deputy president general summoned.
The petition signed by CRRAN’s President Olu Omotayo, is titled: “Appeal for justice and urgent intervention in respect of a runaway murder suspect who has now ran to seek refuge at the Force CID Annex, Enugu: Re: Murder of Osita Okoye, President General of Amafor Community, Ugbawka, Nkanu East, by Samuel Nnamani and others at large.”
The petitioner explained that since the police commenced investigation, the principal suspect “Samuel Nnamani and his cohorts have run away and remained at large,” adding that all efforts to track them through their phones were abortive.
“Surprisingly we were reliably informed that these runaway murder suspects had made a petition written on their behalf by one Ifeanyi Wilson and Associates, to the Inspector General of Police through the office of AIG Force CID, Annex, making false allegations against some innocent members of Amafor Community.”
The elder brother of the deceased further stated that when he was called on phone over the demise of the late Okoye, he had to travel down from Onitsha to the village, whereupon he went to Amagunze Police Station, when he learnt that the police had removed the corpse from the scene of the incident to the mortuary.
He stated that he met the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Amagunze Police Station who briefed him of the incident and asked him who he suspected.
According to him, “he mentioned three suspects, namely: Samuel Nnamani (Deputy President General) popularly known as Ogbuefi; Amobi Okafor, and Onyekachi Okafor, popularly known as Tentewa.
“He further maintained that Samuel Nnamani invited the Late Okoye to the said meeting. That Nnamani, who because of his ambition to become the new Igwe of the community had been having disagreement with the Late Okoye, who didn’t support his ambition.
“That the DPO later asked policemen to take him to the mortuary to identify the corpse of the Late Osita Okoye. That thereafter the matter was transferred to State Criminal and Investigation Department (SCID), Police Headquarters, Enugu.”
He however, demanded that the principal suspect who has been on the run should not be allowed to escape again.
“He should be arrested and handed over to the officers at the Homicide Section State CID, Enugu.
“We urge you to in the interest of justice intervene and ensure justice for the families of the late Okoye, Ugbawka Community, and the entire Enugu State,” noting that the case should not be allowed to be swept under the carpet.
