Man, 38, tortured to death
A 55-year-old mother in Ejilewe
Ukwuagba Ngbo community, Ebonyi
State, Mrs. Alice Nwakpu is now beset by
deep regret for handing over her son to a
vigilance group in their community on
the suspicion that he stole her two
cellphones.
Rather than recover the phones, she got
a dead son back: the young man was
virtually tortured to death by the ‘do-
good’ vigilante members.
According to Mrs. Nwakpu, she had only
wanted the leaders of the Ejilewe
Ukwuagba Neighbourhood Security
Committee to punish her son, Ome
Nwakpu, 38, she alleged had stolen her
phones, but the group of vigilantes went
beyond their brief.
Narrating the unfortunate incident, which
he described as “terrible and ugly,” the
Commissioner of Police, Ebonyi State
Police Command, Mr. Maigari Dikko told
Sunday Sun that the vigilante tied Ome
with a rope and tortured him for about 12
hours, apparently to extract a confession
from him.
The ugly cycle of events that led to
Ome’s untimely death began when his
mother noticed that her phones had
‘developed wings’ and she accused him
of stealing them. Probably not convinced
with his denials, she reported the matter
to one Dennis Eze, leader of the vigilance
group.
Eze called some members of the group
on phone and Ome was promptly
arrested at about 6.00am and taken to
their operational base for interrogation.
They tied his hands with a rope and at
some point in the course of the
interrogation began to torture him.
Later that day, at 6.00pm, Ome was
released to his mother. By then he was in
great pain and could not walk well. Two
days later he died.
CP Dikko disclosed that it was one Omeh
Elijah, a lawyer,who reported the death
of the victim to the police at Ohaukwu
Police Station, stating that the young
man died as a result of the torture meted
out to him by the Ejilewe vigilance group.
Upon receiving the report, the police
moved and quickly rounded up the
alleged culprits, namely, Dennis Eze, 38;
Emeka Eze, 25; Amo Eke, 55 and Onwe
Edwin, 37.
Lamenting over her monumental error,
Ome’s mother told Sunday Sun: “I have
regretted what I have done. It was me
that said my son, Ome Nwakpu stole my
two phones and I reported him to the
head of the vigilance group, Dennis Eze.
They tied him with ropes and they
tortured him.”
She explained further: “I bought a carton
of beer and a bottle of hot drink for the
vigilantes for a job well done. But later I
saw that my son was weak and couldn’t
walk properly. Two days later he died. I
want my son to forgive me. I thought
they would help me to warn him but I
didn’t send them to beat him to death. I
have explained to the entire family. This
is beyond what I can explain, only God
can deliver me from this predicament.”
Ome’s mother’s regret is now cold
comfort to him as his body lies in the
mortuary of Comprehensive Hospital,
Ngbo, where it was deposited.
CP Dikko revealed that an autopsy
conducted on the victim’s body to
determine the cause of death found that
Ome died of internal hemorrhage as a
result of severe head and soft tissue
injuries. He said that the suspects would
soon be charged to court.
The Sun
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