The Igbo maxim that
says, “the unheeding
fly is buried together
with a corpse,” has
proved very true in
the case of a randy
truck driver,
Sylvester Ezema
from Edem
community, Nsukka
Local Government
Area, Enugu State.
Ezema was allegedly
set ablaze by the son
of his lover. The irate
son (names withheld)
was said to have
warned Ezema to steer
clear of his widowed
mother and sister but
he refused.
Sunday Sun gathered
that the deceased had
been in love with the
widow since the death
of her husband many
years ago. According to
a source close to the
widow’s son who is
now at large, he was
emotionally disturbed
whenever his mother’s
lover sneaked into her
bedroom to make love
with her because his
room has an adjoining
door to that of his
mum.
“Each night they start
to make love, the sound
from the bed and the
romantic utterances of
my mother used to
upset me,” the source
quoted the murder
suspect as saying.
The source revealed
that the woman’s son
also said he had
severally warned his
mother’s lover to desist
from coming to his
father’s compound to
make love to his
mother and sister but
he did not take heed.
As the source further
disclosed, the anger of
his friend was
exacerbated when in
the course of the
driver’s affair with his
mother, the driver also
impregnated his
younger sister. The
widow is now nursing a
baby presently for
Ezema.
As if the amorous
relationship with the
widow was not bad
enough, the randy driver
also befriended the
daughter of his lover
and impregnated her.
He did stop at that.
Probably scared that his
abominable deeds might
lead to his being
ostracized by the
community, he
sponsored the teenage
girl to procure an
abortion. The driver’s
atrocities reached a
peak when he assumed
the nickname as
omerunwa na nne (the
one that does ‘things’
for both mother and
daughter).
He began to revel in the
nickname in the village.
Typical of village
situations, peers of the
widow’s son started to
taunt him, and this
prompted him to swear
a personal oath to
avenge what he saw as
a grave insult to his
family.
Sunday Sun also
gathered that few days
to the day the widow’s
son executed his plot,
he told some village
folks at a drinking
parlour that he had a
serious assignment to
carry out. He told the
folks that the
assignment was crucial
to his life and if the plan
failed, that it would be
the end of his life and if
successful he would
have achieved his life’s
goal.
When asked what the
assignment could be,
the widow’s son
quipped: “When I strike
the world will know. If
I fail, I will commit
suicide.”
Preparatory to D-day,
the widow’s son
procured a liquid
substance in a plastic
container, suspected to
be petrol, and ground
pepper in another
plastic container, plus a
rope.
Early in the morning of
the fateful day, the
widow’s son had
waylaid his victim who
was said to be easing
himself in the family pit
toilet. As soon as the
victim came out from
the toilet, his assailant
accosted him. Before
the victim regained his
composure, his
assailant splashed the
mixture of ground
pepper and water on his
face. As Ezema shouted
in pain and tried to wipe
the peppery solution off
his eyes, his assailant
doused him with the
liquid substance, struck
a matchstick and set
the man ablaze.
Ezema ran off with fire
spreading over his body.
Not seeing clearly, he
fell down. The alleged
assailant caught up
with him and emptied
the remaining
inflammable substance
on his body. When the
fire burnt out, only the
charred mass of
Ezema’s body remained.
On condition of
anonymity, a villager
told Sunday Sun that
unprecedented incident
had thrown the
community into
confusion. “We don’t
know what to do. The
boy in question is
nowhere to be found,”
he said.


SOURCE- THE SUN NEWSPAPER.


I think the victim deserve it...what is ur thought?

Good move by the Son, he can do better...

Abeg too much of fire killing in Naija. Dis barbaric act must stop. The new trend now is fire fire fire, r we operating operation fire for fire?

damn, this is bad and funny!!

I know Igbos don't joke with their cultures,I am sure.Then,the boy would have reported the victim to the village ruler instead of killing him.By the way,he shouldn't have run away na because,to me,he thought he did the right thing.And if he gets caught eventually,he will then know the law will be critically against him.

Lol, omo the boy did the right thing? The driver own too much sef. Hian! Mother and son! Washere!

Bigcake: Abeg too much of fire killing in Naija. Dis barbaric act must stop. The new trend now is fire fire fire, r we operating operation fire for fire?

from Mountain of fire! wat do u xpect?

Don't fvck with anyone who go to a beer parlour and makes such utterances.

It is only in a beer parlour that the truth can be told and heard.

It serves him right. And the useless mum and sister is not left out of the blame. Atrocity!

I'll even enter the room where they are having the intercourse to fight and deal with the man..I can't stand hearing my mom moaning while another man that is not my father is making love to her..GOD forbid!!!.I'll prefer to find out from other people than witnessing it myself.

EVERY ONE BLAMES THE MAN. NO ONE BLAMES THE AMOROUS WIDOW FOR QUENCHING HER THIRST IN THE SON'S FULL VIEW without regards to the poor boy's feelings and the naive and greedy girl for falling for her mom's lover.