It was a black Boxing Day celebration for the Eli family and indigenes of Abayi village in Osisioma Local Government Area of Abia State as a man identified as Chimezie Eli reportedly stabbed his nephew, Samuel Chimere Eli, to death. Samuel,who was a final year student of the Abia State College of Education Technical Arochukwu (ASCETA) was killed death on Boxing Day December 26.

The incident,according to sources in the area, happened the midnight of that day after Samuel, who had returned to the village from his base in Umuahia, the state capital on December 24 night to spend the Christmas holidays with his family,quarrelled with the uncle’s girlfriend.

While our reporter could not ascertain the nature of the quarrel that gave rise to the killing of the Samuel, who was said to be in his mid-20s, it was gathered that Chimezie allegedly stabbed stabbed him while he was lying in his room after the matter seemed to have died down.

Sources told our reporter that Samuel had rushed out of his father’s house after being stabbed in the chest by his uncle in an attempt to save his life, but died on the way to the hospital.

“Their house is very close to the flyover. Samuel had a little misunderstanding with his uncle’s girlfriend. The uncle acted like someone who was manipulated. He used a knife to stab the guy in the chest and by the time he was taken to the hospital, he was declared dead.

“The man has been arrested and is being detained at the Osisioma Police Division, but efforts are ongoing to transfer him to the State CID in Umuahia, the state capital.

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“The boy had started writing his final year project because he was due to graduate next year’s March.

“He thought that the matter he had with the uncle’s girlfriend earlier in the day had been settled not knowing that the man was still bearing grudge in mind. While he was sleeping, the uncle went into his room and stabbed him.

“His brothers who should have helped him were not around, but he managed to help himself out of the compound with blood gushing out from the wound. By the time he got to the Osisioma junction, he had lost a lot of blood and when he was rushed to the hospital, they confirmed him dead.

“The uncle is 45 years old while the boy was 23. The boy was known for hard work and gentle nature. But we don’t know what really happened between him and his uncle.

“We learnt that the case is being transferred from Osisioma Police Station to the State CID for further investigation.”

When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Geoffrey Ogbonna, said he was yet to be briefed on the incident.

A source in Abia State Government House confirmed his death, stating that they were shocked to learn about his death.

Meanwhile, the State Coordinator, Abia Good Governance Network, Comrade Johnson Otuonye, has condemned the killing of Samuel, this is even as he charged the police to ensure that the killer of Samuel does not go unpunished.

“The man has been arrested and is being detained at the Osisioma Police Division, but efforts are ongoing to transfer him to the State CID in Umuahia, the state capital.

“The boy has started writing his final year project because he will be graduating next year’s March.

“He thought that the matter he had with the uncle’s girlfriend earlier in the day has been settled not knowing that the man is still bearing grudge in mind. While he was sleeping, the uncle went into his room and stabbed him.

“His brothers who should have helped him were not around, but he managed to help himself out of the compound with blood gushing out from the knife wound. By the time he got to the Osisioma junction, he has lost a lot of blood and when he was rushed to the hospital, they confirmed him dead.

“The uncle is 45 years while the boy is 23 years. The boy is known for hard work and doesn’t look for people’s trouble. But what happened between him and his uncle’s fiancé is what we can’t tell.

“We learnt that the case is being transferred from Osisioma Police Station to the State CID for further investigation.”

When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Geoffrey Ogbonna said that he is yet to be briefed on the incident.

A source in Abia State Government House that also markets Abia Rice (Osikapa Abia) with late Samuel confirmed his death, stating that they were shocked to learn about his death

Meanwhile, the State Coordinator Abia Good Governance Network, Comrade Johnson Otuonye

Has condemned the killing of Samuel, this is even as he charged the police to ensure that the killer of Samuel didn’t go unpunished.

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"Happening now at Okofia Otolo Nnewi, the location of the unizik college of health. This man from Okija impregnated his own daughter for the second time, now they are asked to leave Nnewi."

Just about three hours ago, a little boy got into the bleakest nightmare of his life...Twelve years of age.A minor.

I heard pandemonium from where I was.

Treated it with reckless abandon from the start.

But it persisted.

And I reckoned that something was wrong.

I went out to look.

A crowd had gathered in a shop.

Screams and tears wafting out from the scene.

I walked over there.

And I met this little boy in tears.

Manhandled by the crowd.

I asked what had happened.

The boy who was at the shop narrated.

One boy came to their shop and told him he wanted two bags of rice.

Then he gave him a phone to speak with someone who said she was the boy's mother.

And the woman said she was sending his money to him immediately, that he should allow her son bring the bags of rice.

Then the bigger boy said that his younger brother would wait behind while he went to bring the money.

He left the little boy behind and went with the two bags of rice on a bike.

The shop boy waited for a prolonged time, then became perturbed.

He then turned to the little boy and asked, "Why is your brother taking so much time na?"

And the little boy replied, "He's not my brother oo. I don't know him before. He just met me on the road and brought me here..."

The shop boy's eyes raised in alarm.

He held the boy.

His voice alerted a crowd.

The crowd descended on the boy.

"You are a little criminal. Where did your friend take the bags of rice to?" They screamed at him.

Slaps.

Hits.

"I swear I don't know the boy," the boy wept.

When I arrived, I dragged the boy aside and had a conversation with him.

And he said, "Oga, I swear I no know that boy. I pick cartons on the streets and sell them, that's how I take dey get money. So today I been dey street and I was thirsty, so I come see the boy and ask him make him help me with water. The boy promise to give me water, but say make I follow am. He then said that anywhere we go make I dey claim say I be him brother. So we enter bike and he brought me here. He then collect two bags of rice from here and say make I wait behind that him want go bring money come. And na so him go and no come back, and leave me here..."

It was hard to comprehend this.

How someone could see a minor on the street, cajoled him to follow him.

Played on his little senses.

Exploited his circumstances.

Took him to a shop.

Duped the shop owner of his goods.

Kept the boy behind, and told the shop owner that the boy was his brother.

Then disappeared with the goods.

And left the boy behind to face the consequences.

And put his life in danger.

In an embittered city like Lagos.

The shop owner was called on phone to come back.

He ran back to his shop and heard the news.

Felling diatribes on his boy in the shop for falling for such a scam.

And the nameless crowd was struck by anger propaganda.

Eager to descend on the boy.

"What is your name?" I asked the minor.

"David."

"How old are you?"

"Twelve."

"Where did that boy see you and bring you here?"

He muttered some gibberish.

"Do you know the boy's house?" I asked.

"No."

"Have you met the boy before?"

"No. But while we were coming here he pointed to one shop and told me that that is his mother's shop."

"So can you take us to that shop?"

"Yes."

"Bros, this boy na small criminal. This boy know that boy. They are together." Some said.

"He was used," others said. "Maybe he doesn't know anything about it. Maybe that boy just saw him and decided to use him."

And in that case it was difficult to know which one was true.

Then a friend brought his vehicle immediately, and both of us alongside the shop owner took the boy away to go and make efforts to find the boy.

Away from the attacks of the angry crowd.

To go to the shop which the minor said the boy had pointed at, and claimed to be his mother's shop.

And as we set off, we discovered that the little boy had been used.

He had actually been used.

You look at this and you wonder, what if that boy had taken this little boy to an environment where he would not be able to come out alive?

What if there were no people to save him?

He could have died in a show of savagery because of two bags of rice.

A scheme from someone he didn't know.

A claim that so many people didn't believe anyway.

And in that little boy's nightmares, I saw the true picture of our society.

In all its irony.

And.

Metaphor.

I saw the mechanical disregard for humanity.

The reckless abandonment of innocence.

Stay woke.

Stay safe even in an insane world.

Lagos!