Lying
on her hospital bed and staring into space, Miss Katherine Ijedinma, couldn’t
fathom out how she escaped escaped from gunshot fired by the 27-year-old man
(name withheld), who stormed her and gunned down everyone on Saturday, February
16.
The
man, a native of Imo State, visited the homes of Mr and Mrs Henry Ekene Ozor
and that of Mr and Mrs Odia at Igando, Lagos, at night and shot his victims in
cold blood over his relationship with Sandra, Katherine’s twin sister which her
parents did not approve of. The thought of the incident that led to the brutal
killing of at least seven family members gave the young lady of 24, a frightful
look.
Narrating
her experience, Katherine said: “We were at home when a man jumped the fence
into the compound. Everyone was shouting Ole! Ole! (thief, thief). I checked
and it was the guy that was dating my twin sister and he was carrying a gun. I
was asking him what are you doing here and he asked us to go inside, I was
carrying my aunt’s baby. “He said I was the one that asked my twin sister not
to marry him.
I
told him that I wasn’t the one but before I knew what was happening, he asked
me to raise my clothes up that he wanted to shoot at my belly. Fearfully, I
lifted my clothes up. He aimed the gun at me and as he was about shooting, I
jumped up and I didn’t know what happened again.” Waking up on the hospital
bed, Katherine saw that it was her thigh that the bullet hit. According to her,
the man carried a big gun, aimed at her stomach and shot.
On
who the alleged killer was, Katherine said: “I don’t know how my twin sister
met the guy but all I know is that they were friends and the guy lived in
Warri, Delta State.” Right now, Katherine, who is grateful to God that the
suspect didn’t kill her doesn’t even know that her twin, two elder sisters and
children whom the man later shot are in the morgue. Also, the world of Mr Ozor
has suddenly collapsed with the gruesome murder of his eight-month pregnant wife,
elder sister to Katherine and others.
Since
the incident, Ozor said he had not eaten any food except water. Ozor, who
described the whole scene as terrible, said he had never seen anything like
that before. “They said my wife tried to run away but this man pursued her and
shot thrice at her. I have been trying to transfer the corpses, but it is not
easy. I don’t know how I manage to do all the work that I do, going from one
ward to the other to attend to them and to other places. It is only by God’s
strength.
“I
have refused to think about the whole scenario because I don’t know where to
start from. Right now the aged parents of the deceased in Igbodo, Delta State,
are yet to be notified on the death of their three children and four
grandchildren. The suspected killer, whose first point of call was the Ozors,
shot Sandra, his girlfriend; Katherine, his girl friend’s twin sister; Mrs
Ozor, Sandra’s elder sister; Mrs. Ozor’s first daughter, Happiness and second
daughter, Bethel.
While
others died on the spot, Katherine and Bethel survived and were rushed to an
undisclosed hospital. Three-year-old Miss Victory was spared. After that, the
killer went to the home of the Odias and killed Mrs Ngozi Odia, eldest sister
to the girlfriend and her three children including Angela, 12; Chidinma, 10 and
Chinenye, eight years old. The suspect is still on the run but since then he
has allegedly been threatening Mr. Ozor through calls.
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