Oh dear, this story is just so sad, sad, sad!
An unrepentant gang of robbers have sought revenge on the victim, Okorie Orie, that sent them to jail ten years ago.
A
decade ago, 37-year-old Uchenna Okereke, led six other robbers to rob
Okorie Orie, dispossessing him of millions of naira and successfully
escaped but the victim was able to recall the face of Okereke and he
correctly identified him to the police, who acted on the information and
arrested him and gang.
decade ago, 37-year-old Uchenna Okereke, led six other robbers to rob
Okorie Orie, dispossessing him of millions of naira and successfully
escaped but the victim was able to recall the face of Okereke and he
correctly identified him to the police, who acted on the information and
arrested him and gang.
Thereafter they were all convicted and slammed with 10-year jail term, which they served.
Upon their release however, Okereke assembled his gang for the long nursed revenge mission.While speaking with newsmen, the Ebonyi State Commissioner of
Police, Mr Maigari Dikko disclosed that the gang stormed the home of
Orie at about 8.30pm a fortnight ago and killed his 28-year-old son,
Onyekachi Orie.
Police, Mr Maigari Dikko disclosed that the gang stormed the home of
Orie at about 8.30pm a fortnight ago and killed his 28-year-old son,
Onyekachi Orie.
The bereaved father in an interview with Sunday Sun said “It
was a shock that I can never forget in my life. The suspect, Uchenna
Okereke and his gang robbed me of millions of naira 10 years ago and ran
away. I was able to remember his face and reported to the police. He
was arrested with members of his gang and remanded at Abakaliki Prisons.
They were tried and sentenced to jail for 10 years.
was a shock that I can never forget in my life. The suspect, Uchenna
Okereke and his gang robbed me of millions of naira 10 years ago and ran
away. I was able to remember his face and reported to the police. He
was arrested with members of his gang and remanded at Abakaliki Prisons.
They were tried and sentenced to jail for 10 years.
“Then
that night, I was in my house when a dog started barking immediately I
sensed danger. I came out and hid myself in a nearby bush. The suspect,
Uchenna Okereke and his gang came into the house. I heard him asking my
neighbours where my room was and they were shown my room. They saw
somebody sleeping on the bed and thought I was the one. They didn’t know
it was my son who was sleeping on the bed. They just shot him.
that night, I was in my house when a dog started barking immediately I
sensed danger. I came out and hid myself in a nearby bush. The suspect,
Uchenna Okereke and his gang came into the house. I heard him asking my
neighbours where my room was and they were shown my room. They saw
somebody sleeping on the bed and thought I was the one. They didn’t know
it was my son who was sleeping on the bed. They just shot him.
“From
my hiding place, I heard one of the suspects say that the person who
they shot was not me but my son. I summoned courage when I heard the
gunshot and flashed my torchlight at them. I was able to identify the
suspects, namely, Uchenna Okereke, Chukwuma Ozoemena and Nwabueze
Nworu, who killed my son. Immediately I reported to policemen, who
promptly arrested the suspects.”
my hiding place, I heard one of the suspects say that the person who
they shot was not me but my son. I summoned courage when I heard the
gunshot and flashed my torchlight at them. I was able to identify the
suspects, namely, Uchenna Okereke, Chukwuma Ozoemena and Nwabueze
Nworu, who killed my son. Immediately I reported to policemen, who
promptly arrested the suspects.”
“The man sent us to Abakaliki Prison 10 years ago. After we were
released from prison, we came to retaliate. When we got to his house,
we thought he was the person we saw sleeping on the bed in his room. We
didn’t know it was his son before we shot him. It was a member of my
gang who later said it was not Okorie Orie that we killed,that it was
his son; we just had to escape from the scene. Later the man we wanted to kill identified us again to the police.” the gang leader, Okereke told the police.
released from prison, we came to retaliate. When we got to his house,
we thought he was the person we saw sleeping on the bed in his room. We
didn’t know it was his son before we shot him. It was a member of my
gang who later said it was not Okorie Orie that we killed,that it was
his son; we just had to escape from the scene. Later the man we wanted to kill identified us again to the police.” the gang leader, Okereke told the police.
