Rights group asks Gov. Mbah to intervene in murder of Amafor-Ugbawka President General
A human rights organisation, Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN), has urged the Governor of Enugu state, Barr. Peter Mbah, to ensure that justice is done by intervening in the matter concerning the alleged murder of the President General of Amafor-Ugbawka autonomous community in Nkanu East of Enugu state, late Osita Okoye who was hacked on October 6, 2024.
According to the President of CRRAN, Barr. Olu Omotayo, in a letter to Governor said the perpetrator and and his cohorts should not be allowed to evade justice but should be arrested to face the music.
The group is touched that the suspect who is at large has petitioned the office of the AIG CID Annex, Enugu from his hiding without being invited for questioning or arrested.
Brother to the late PG, Amaechi Okoye, was said to have alleged that on the fateful day Osita Okoye died, it was Samuel Nnamani, who incidentally is the Deputy PG of Amafor-Ugbawka that lured his brother to a meeting where he never returned.
The organisation therefore wants Gov. Mbah to intervene, as the Chief Security Officer of the State to see that Nnamani is brought to book for the murder of Okoye and two others.
The letter reads in part thus: “We write to you in respect of the above-mentioned matter on behalf of Mr. Amaechi Okoye of Awada, Onitsha, Anambra State.
“We had earlier written to the AIG Force CID, Annex, Police Headquarters, Enugu, vide a petition dated 8th November 2024, wherein we informed the office that the murder suspect who has been evading arrest for over a month be arrested and handed over to the investigators at the State CID, Enugu, who have been looking for him.
“The elder brother of Late Osita Okoye, the Former President General of Amafor Community, Ugbawka, Nkanu East, Enugu State, who was brutally killed on the 6th day of October 2024, informed us that Samuel Nnamani the Deputy President General of Amafor Community, Ugbawka, had invited the Late Okoye on the fateful day to a phantom meeting to deliberate over issue of problems being created by masquerades in the community.
“When the Late Okoye arrived at Amagu, Amafor Community he was assassinated alongside two other community members.
“The Police at the State CID, Police Headquarters, Enugu, commenced investigation but the principal suspect Samuel Nnamani and his cohorts ran away and remained at large and all efforts to track the suspects through their phones were abortive.
“Surprisingly we were reliably informed that these runaway murder suspects had made a petition written on their behalf by Ifeanyi Wilson and Associates, to the Inspector General of Police through the office of AIG Force CID, Annex, making false allegations against some innocent members of Amafor Community.
“The elder brother of the deceased further stated that when he was called on phone over the demise of the Late Okoye, he had to travel down from Onitsha to the village, whereupon he went to Amagunze Police Station, when he learnt that the Police had removed the corpse from the scene of the incident to the mortuary.
“He said he met the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Amagunze Police Station who briefed him of the incident and asked him who he suspected.
He further stated that he mentioned three suspects, namely: 1).Samuel Nnamani (Deputy President General) popularly known as Ogbuefi,
2). Amobi Okafor, and 3). Onyekachi Okafor, popularly known as Tentewa.
“He further maintained that Samuel Nnamani invited the Late Okoye to the said meeting. Samuel Nnamani, who because of his ambition to become the new Igwe of the community had been having disagreement with the Late Okoye, who didn’t support his ambition.
“Amaechi Okoye, further stated that the (DPO), Amagunze Police Station, later asked policemen to take him to the mortuary to identify the corpse of the Late Osita Okoye.
The matter was thereafter transferred to State Criminal and Investigation Department (SCID), Police Headquarters, Enugu.”
The human rights organisation therefore appealed to the Governor intervene on the matter to ensure that the suspects do not escape justice.
“We submit that since the Principal suspect Samuel Nnamani, has now come to make petition to the office of AIG Force CID Annex, Enugu, after running away for over a month, he should not be allowed to escape again. He should be arrested and handed over to the officers at the Homicide Section State CID, Enugu.
“Ee urge you to, in the interest of justice, intervene and ensure justice for the families of the Late Okoye, Ugbawka Community, and the entire Enugu State.
“This case of murder should not be allowed to be swept under the carpet. The state should ensure that Samuel Nnamani and his accomplices are made to face the full wrath of the law and ensure justice as the circumstance of this case demands.”
