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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