ypzilanti: I knew the man. Last time I saw him was when I needed a job reference 5 years ago. My office sent the reference request to my former school, and the darn thing was lying unanswered in UNICAL economics department HOD office for over 6 months.

Had to travel there, and saw the Professor...he remembered me after the 8 odd years since I had graduated. Anyway, he helped me discover the problem at the HOD office(nothing...Nigerian factor). He was willing to write a good recommendation letter for me.

Long story short: He was really helpful. He wrote me a nice recommendation letter, which I paid for to be DHLed to my workplace (I asked for the courier service).

What a shock. I was even planning to see him for another reference request this January, and was wondering if he would still remember me.

RIP, Sir. Na wah.

dasparrow: @Post

Its a sad story but this should also serve as a lesson to Nigerian bred men who obsess so much about having male children/offspring so much so that they wreck their marriages, leave the wife of their youth and commit adultery by shacking up with another woman all because they are looking for the proverbial fleece - which in this case would be a male child/ren. Now look how this professor's 'precious' male children have brutally murdered him.

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Frazy: Double post.

smartmom: The Cross River State Police Command has arrested a man, identified as Ekemini Bassey for allegedly killing his father, a retired University of Calabar lecturer, Prof. Nathaniel Bassey, to claim his N40m gratuity.

Ekemini’s brother, Odiong Bassey, is also wanted by the police for being an accomplice in the alleged murder.

PUNCH Metro learnt on Saturday that the duo had been having a running battle with their late father, who was not pleased with their recent negative behaviours.

A family source, who pleaded anonymity, said Ekemini and Odiong, who are university drop-outs, had been making frivolous financial demands on their late father.

PUNCH Metro further learnt that the retired lecturer was said to have complained to some of his colleagues that his children were intimidating him into borrowing money to meet their demands, which did not go down well with him.
If a proper DNA test was carried out, you will find out that, is not his biological child

Police sources told our correspondent that things, however, became tense in the house after the boys got clues that their father was due to be paid N40m.

One of the sources said, “Ekemini confessed that they got some clues that their father, who was teaching on contract basis after his retirement, was about to be paid his benefits and gratuity of over N40m and they decided to kill him so that the money would be paid to them as the next of kin.”

The sources added that Ekemini confessed during interrogation that they stabbed their father three times in different parts of the body and stuffed his mouth with old newspapers so that he would not cry for help.

It was learnt that penultimate week, Ekemini and his brother killed their father and tactically dropped a knife beside him to create the impression that their father committed suicide out of frustration.

Luck, however, ran out of the brothers after Ekemini hired an ambulance to convey the father’s corpse to Nsit-Ubium in Akwa Ibom State for burial. He was accosted by security agents, who were brought by some senior staff of the university.

A source at the university said, “On getting wind of the death of the lecturer, the university security authorities swung into action and arrested Ekemini while his brother took off to unknown destination.”

In a blood chilling story, the fact that naija is gradually turning into the Westrn world is highlighte in the story below!


When PUNCH Metro visited the state Criminal Investigation Department in Calabar, it was learnt that Ekeminin was being interrogated and as at the time of filing this report, Ekeminin was still with the police interrogators for his role in the alleged murder of his father.

UNICAL’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Administration, Prof. James Utsalo, said, “Well, we cannot comment on the matter because it is a criminal case and police are handling it, so we are still awaiting the official report. Besides, the autopsy report is not out; when it is out we will know what killed him.”

The Officer-in-Charge, Homicide unit of the State CID, Mr. Joseph Inuyashi, confirmed the incident, saying investigation on the matter was ongoing.

He said the police were still on the trail of Odiong, who is on the run

.http://www.punchng.com/news/police-arrest-son-for-killing-father-over-gratuity/

redcliff:

[size=14pt]trust me bro, some children don't wish to be trained in the way that they need/ought to grow in. because some parents have done everything humanly possible to insert these trainings unto their children. But if a child decides to do what seems right unto him would you blame the parents still?[/size]

brownlord:

U fit still go see am for mortuary before them bury am now, make e quick reference u

otss: Based on research, d father(prof) must hav bin wicked to them... Wat a sad event. RIP

otss: Based on research, d father(prof) must hav bin wicked to them... Wat a sad event. RIP

RICHIE BOI:

God bless u my broda. Exactly wot I said earlier in my post and somebody almost chewed me up. I guess we r on d same page. Parent will blame teachers at school and teachers will blame parents also for not raising their kids properly, but that's not d case. Like I said before Pikin wey wan spoil go spoil. Shekena

brownlord:

U fit still go see am for mortuary before them bury am now, make e quick reference u

azimibraun: I wll neva support the taking of anybody's life by anoda.. Hell No! Bt if I may ask; why do ppl always think parents are right and kids wrong? I knw 2 many Men who are alive 2day because God is touchin the hearts of their kids. Its nt gud for a Man 2 b wicked 2 his own family. I hate wt dis boys did bt who gv birth 2 dem and who raised them 2 bcome murderers and dropouts? Was it 2 mch luv dt caused it or a father always cursing his kids and telling dem he regrets having them? He trainned his innocent kids 2 bcom mmaniac. Dts all I cn say. U rip wt u sow.