{"id":339257,"date":"2011-03-26T01:16:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-26T01:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/26\/how-assassins-murdered-gen-onoja%e2%80%99s-aide-in-presence-of-wife-children\/"},"modified":"2011-03-26T01:16:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-26T01:16:00","slug":"how-assassins-murdered-gen-onojas-aide-in-presence-of-wife-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/26\/how-assassins-murdered-gen-onojas-aide-in-presence-of-wife-children\/","title":{"rendered":"How assassins murdered Gen. Onoja\u2019s aide in presence of wife, children"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Why was an aide to the senatorial candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria ( ACN) in Benue South, Gen. Lawrence Onoja shot dead by yet to be arrested gunmen in the presence of his pregnant wife, Ann Ajibo and four kid in Otukpo, the headquarters of Idoma land in Benue State penultimate Friday?<\/span><\/p>\n

Was he killed to conceal a serious crime he could have revealed as being speculated in some quarters? Why are the police unable to arrest the suspects even though the deceased\u2019s widow had identified those who dragged her husband out in the<\/span><\/p>\n

early morning of that day and shot him in the head at close range?<\/span><\/p>\n

These were questions begging for answers as The Nation<\/em> launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the assassination of Emmanuel Ajibo. While it was difficult to the pregnant widow of the deceased to speak because she was still shell shocked when our correspondent met her during the week, the elder brother of the deceased, Mr Joseph Ogabo Ajibo, in whose custody Emmanuel grew up, told The Nation<\/em> the circumstances in which he was killed and the vacuum his death has left in the family.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Joseph, before the late Emmanuel was killed on Friday March 18,2011, several unsuccessful attempts had been made to sniff life out of him. He said his late brother was one of the people who witnessed the incident in which Gen. Lawrence Onoja and Alhaji Usman Abubakar were shot, and he recognised those who fired the bullets.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joseph explained that on that fateful day, two vehicles were driven to Emmanuel\u2019s house by some people identified as aides to a prominent Otukpo politician. They went straight into the house and ordered Emmanuel to get into one of the vehicles. “Emmanuel refused and they tried to drag him out of the house. His wife and four kids started crying for help. But before any help could come, one of the strangers pulled the trigger of a short gun and fired Emmanuel in the head. He died instantly and lay in a pool of blood,” Joseph said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joseph said that what has drawn the most curiousity from observers was a seeming attempt by the Divisional Police Office in Otukpo to sweep the incident under the carpet in spite of glaring evidence against those who killed his younger brother. He said: “His wife told the DPO in Otukpo the names of the people that killed her husband. She said they were members of a vigilante group. The Chairman of the vigilante group in Otukpo, Major Ekwuenja was arrested, charge to a Magistarte Court in Otukpo and has since been granted bail on murder charge,” Joseph said.<\/span><\/p>\n

He recalled that the Benue State Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Mohammed, had confirmed the arrest of the Chairman of the Vigilante group in Otukpo in respect of Emmanuel\u2019s murder. The commissioner had told newsmen: “The wife of the deceased identified the suspects as members of the Otukpo Vigilante. He gave their names as Onjenfu Oche, popularly called JEF, and Oko Inalegwu. The DPO went to arrest them, but the Chairman of the Vigilante told him to go back, that he would bring them himself. Surprisingly, the Vigilante Chairman went to the police station without the suspects and the police immediately arrested and detained him (Vigilante Chairman).”<\/span><\/p>\n

Joseph alleged that members of the Otukpo Vigialante group, made up of many people of questionable character, were being sponsored by a prominent politician in Otukpo in a bid to intimidate one of his political opponents. He alleged that those who killed his brother had been flown to Ghana in order that they might escape justice. But he said he was optimistic that very soon, the law would catch up with them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joseph alleged further that members of the Vigilante group were being armed with sophisticated weapons in order to cause mayhem in Otukpo, Ado and Ohimini local government areas.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said the Vigilante group was out to wipe out members of the Action Congress<\/span><\/p>\n

Of Nigeria (ACN) from the entire Zone C in order to make way for the smooth election of a particular candidate in the forthcoming elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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