Life’s UNFAIR! Man Publicly Harassed & Fatally Killed By Angry Masquerade Over This UNBELIEVABLE Demand
A heartbreaking incident was reported from Awka South Local Government Area LGA in Anambra State, whereby the members of Okoye family are currently seeking justice for the murder of their father, Chief Shadrach Okoye, by a well- known masquerade in the region. It was rumored that Okoye was fatally assaulted by the aforementioned masquerade for refusing to give him money.
Sadly, the first son of the deceased, Chidubem, who was interviewed by newmen in Awka, the capital city of Anambra state on Friday claimed that the unfortunate event occurred on 26th December, 2023, while his late father was escorting a friend who came to see him. Chidubem bemoaned the fact that his late father’s body has been placed in the morque ever since his murder and as a result of the difficulties the family experienced in obtaining justice and
burying their father.
Explaining further, he recalled saying that, my father, Chief Okoye, left his house alive to accompany his friend and resident of the community who visited to fete with him in the spirit of the Christmas season on that fateful day, only to be brought back as a corpse moments later. My father and his friend met about four masquerades on the road as they were going, one of whom refused to allow him to pass, even after the other three masquerades had moved on
“The unyielding masquerade requested money from my father and insisted that he must give him money before he would
pass
“My father told him that he didn’t have any money on him, and explained to him that he just came out empty-handed to see off his friend. But the masquerade Insisted, calling him a cunning person. and vowing that he would never allow him to pass if he didn’t give him money The masquerade said my dad s friend was free to pass, even if he didn’t give him money, he noted.
In addition, he went on to say that,” they initially thought it was a joke until they noticed that the masquerade was mean. So, my father’s friend dipped his hand into his pocket, brought out N500, and gave it to the masquerade, to save the situation and bail out my father whom the masquerade was even pushing and
threatening with a cane as he was
talking”.
He clarified that the masquerade still
threatened to deal with him and pushed
him once more, even after receiving the
money from his father’s friend, he
insisted that the deceased pay him his own money.
Moving forward, he affirmed that, as the
masquerade was threatening my father
to give him money, he uncovered his
face, probably for him and the people
around to see that he was not smiling:
and he then gave him (Okoye) a close- range heavy punch on the chest, pushed him one more time, left him there and went away” “When he punched him, my father bent down and started gasping for breath, complaining of his chest, before the masquerade now pushed him down, left him there, and went away, still raining
abuse on my father for having wasted
his time.
When the masquerade was leaving, the them people around and my father’s friend called him, but he ignored them, telling to abandon my father there, that he was just pretending and faking everything he was doing then, and would still stand up after a short while. As this was happening, my father started stifling, and when people noticed that he was no longer himself before they could get a tricycle to rush him to the hospital, he gave up the ghost there and then. He
died in pain, he concluded.
Meanwhile, the disheartening occurrence
came to light at the CPS Division in
Awka, according to state police
spokesman, the Deputy Superintendent
of Police, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga who
assured that the investigation regarding
the above-mentioned incident is
ongoing.
“The matter is still being investigated
please, Ikenga emphasized strongly.
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