A 74-year night watchman, Emmanuel Igbokwe was early Boxing Day found dead in his place of work in Ohokobe Ndume in Umuahia North LGA of Abia State.

Igbokwe who work for Easy On Petroleum, Ohokobe Ndume was found with his hands tied behind him, the legs bound with rope and his mouth and nose tied with his cloth, by unknown people suspected to be robbers.

Speaking at her home, the wife of the deceased, popularly called "Nwanne" by him, disclosed that on the night of Christmas Day, Emmanuel had asked her to prepare food for him before he resumes his work as night watchman.

As if he had a pre-monition of his death, asked Nwanne to escort him to the filling station, while pointing at a particular place that he was seeing some movements and does not know if he will see the next day.

The man, she said requested her wife to come early in the morning next day being December, 26 and see if he was alive and to wash his body should anything happen to him.

"I immediately rejected what he said and prayed over it", the wife said and pleaded with the deceased to come back to the house with her, but he refused stating that if any robbery should take place there, he would be suspected as having masterminded it with his family.

His premonition came to be as very early Boxing Day around 4 pm, the wife went to see her husband, only to see him tied with ropes and already dead.

She alerted people through loud cry and the police invited. The body has since been deposited at the morgue.

Speaking, the first daughter of the deceased, Chinenye regreted that her father was said by close heighbours to have shouted asking his assailants what he did to them, but was immediately gaged with his cloth.

She wondered why the village vigilante did not hear the cry of her father and the breaking of the station by the robbers.

Close neighbours said they heard dogs barking till early in the morning and descrining late Emmanuel as good and gentle.

According to one person, her store was early Novermber, vandalised by robbers, while the existence of the vigilantee did not prevent the incident.

The manager of the station, whose names could not be ascertained as at the time of filing of this report described the incident as very unfortunate, stating that Emmanue may have known one or two of the robbers.

He said the station's sales the previous day was stolen and the bulings vandalized.

When called upon, the traditional ruler of the place and Ocha 1 of Mbaocha Ndume Kingdom, HRH Eze R. A. Ohaeri was said to be sick and yet to be out of bed.

When contacted, authorities in the World Bank Housing Estate Police station confirmed the incident, stating that they are investigating the incident.

Emmanuel Igbokwe was born on 12th of January, 1940, just three weeks ahead of his 75th birthday.

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What a wicked world with gross erring persons...

today is boxing day,..maybe dey tied him for punching bag purposes

Hmmm.... Some people with unspeakable criminality and evil deeds.

Rest in peace, poor old man.

As I read through the story, all I can see is a community taken over by criminals.
I hope this situation is not the same in all ibo villages.

SMH for a community under seige frm its own children.

Babysho:
today is boxing day,..maybe dey tied him for punching bag purposes

That's too inconsiderate, too insensitive and too cruel for anyone to say at the tragic death of another person.

Remember, the late old man might be a father, a brother, an uncle, a grandfather to some REAL people who might read your comment here on NL!

How do you think they would feel if they read this your highly despicable and tasteless comment about the death of their loved one?

rip

What a wicked society. The government need to beef up security and give way for state policing