Aseme's family managed to
contact the abductors who demanded N8m ransom, which the family paid but Emeka
was not released to them.
On the 9th of March, the
men who took the hotelier contacted his younger brother and directed him to go
to a community between Owerri and Oguta called Okwonji, to find his brother.
Emeka's decomposed body was found in a bush path, with his sexual organ, eyes
and the heart plucked out.
Meanwhile, about five
suspected hired assassins have been arrested in connection with the incident.
This has twisted the suspicion of many people who had earlier thought that the
killers were kidnappers.
Also one of the killers
allegedly sustained serious injuries during the shootout with the three
policemen who were manning Emeka’s hotel in Oguta. The three policemen were all
killed.
The injured kidnapper who
ran to a hospital in Port Harcourt was requested to present his military
identity card before treatment, since he went to the hospital on a military
uniform. Unable to provide any proof that he was a military man, the police
were invited, leading to his arrest.
Five of the killers have
already been arrested, and police investigations have revealed that the
supposed kidnappers were actually hired assassins.
Charly Boy reacted to his
cousin's gruesome killing, saying:
"I have never seen a
thing like this since I grew up in Oguta. This is extreme barbarism. How can a
man be so callous to his fellow man to the extent of removing different parts
of his body until he finally gave up? This is unheard of.
What is this country
turning to? What era is this? As far as I know, no evil doer will go
unpunished. Every evil committed by man to man must surely be redressed, if not
now, certainly later, if not by man, then by God, for the victory of evil over
good is temporary. We are waiting for the outcome of police investigation.
After then, we will take
the campaign to Oguta. We must agitate for peace. The peace that has eluded us
must be returned. We are not known for this.”
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