kingsman66:

It sounds incredible but it really happened. A
family went to the home of their in-laws to
accord their daughter a befitting burial only for
them to lose two other members of their family
in the most brutal manner. The ugly incident
allegedly took place at Umueze-Anam in
Anambra state in January 23, 2016.
Spokesman for the bereaved family, Christopher
David,40, who narrated how the incident
happened alleged that youths in the area
unleashed terror on them and ended up killing
two of his brothers, Obinna David,24, and
Chuks David,17, in cold blood during the burial
of their only daughter, Gloria who was married
to a man from the area.
Death of our daughter
His story: "Before her death, 31-year-old Gloria,
was married to Fidelis Ofozor for eight years
without a child. She was a full time housewife.
On the 21st of December, 2015, our in-laws
called us to say that Gloria was very sick and
that she was admitted in a hospital in Port
Harcourt where they still reside. Two days later,
they called to inform us that she had passed
on. It was really a sad news for all of us,
especially our mother as she was the only
daughter of the family and worst still, she
didn't have a child of her own before her
premature death. But, we put everything in the
hand of God who sees all things.
Burial plans
"Her husband's family notified us after they
fixed the date for her burial for January 23rd,
2016
in their home town, Umueze-Anam in Anambra
state as custom demands because she was
married traditionally. Without an inkling that
our in-laws had other plans in stock for us,
family members and friends from our home
town in Ohuhun, Ubaha village in Umuahia,
Abia state and Port Harcourt where some of my
brothers are based, followed us to Umueze-
Anam in Anambra state."
Why we were attacked
Recounting all that happened on the day of the
burial the elder brother of the deceased,
Christian Okorie, who was physically present
during the attack told Crime Guard: "During the
course of the burial, our mother was in tears
and while weeping, she lamented by saying;"My
daughter, oh you died a premature death,
whosoever that is involved in your death would
not know peace." The statement angered our in-
laws and they became enraged and started
shouting, asking why she uttered that
statement. Immediately after the prayers, our
daughter was taken to the burial ground where
she was committed to mother earth while we
returned to the burial venue.
Suddenly, some youths in their village wearing
black T shirts began to attack us with cutlasses,
broken bottles and sticks. They used machetes
to cut us, they broke my ankle with sticks.
Everyone that accompanied us from the village
to the town had to scamper for safety as we
were all under attack. Along with some family
members, we ran towards the commercial
motorcyclist park in the village so that we can
escape, but the cyclists chased us back and
dragged us to the burial site.
How our brothers disappeared
"When we got there, I found out that they had
beaten my brothers and some of our relatives
to a pulp. Some of them were already bleeding
heavily. Later, four hefty men came and
dragged Chuks and Obinna out. We kept
pleading with one of our in-laws to intervene.
He said we should not disturb him; that there
was nothing he could do. Before I knew what
was happening, another group of youths, five in
number, started dragging me to the riverside.
They said they would drown me. As they were
dragging me, a woman who saw what was
happening started shouting, and saying "he is a
camera man, what has he done? You people
should leave him." As the woman was shouting,
the people who were dragging me did not
bulge. Neither did the elderly men who were
seated at the burial site intervene.
Instead, they kept shouting, take him to the
riverside. As they were dragging me towards
the riverside, that same woman kept shouting
and crying, "you cannot kill this man." All of a
sudden, two of them withdrew. The other three
kept dragging me down. The woman was still
busy following us. Later, the other two
withdrew remaining one. That was when I
heard a voice which said they should bring that
man here. When they took me there, the man
inside the compound said the blood gushing out
from my body was too much; they should take
me to the clinic that I was dying.
Rescue at last
"That was how he rescued me and I was rushed
to the clinic. When I got there, I saw one of my
brothers who was also rescued. It was then I
also knew that the man that was shouting
before was a policeman. He revealed that they
came to rescue us in the morning but regretted
that they were threatened not to come out no
matter what happened, that they own the land.
They had to seek more men from Otuocha
because they were only two policemen. The
reinforcement came to the hospital later in the
evening. From there, they took us to a hospital
in Awka. We were there in Otuocha hospital
from Saturday till Monday morning in the
evening when they came to attack us again in
the hospital.
Police intervene
"At about 1am when policemen went back to
the site to rescue my brother's wife, both my
uncle, my mother and some other people that
came with us had sustained injuries. The
Divisional Police Officer from Awka led some
policemen to the burial site where they met
with the Community Chairman, Youth
Chairman, Council Chairman asking them to
produce Chuks and Obinna who at that time
were missing. The villagers told them that we
killed their youths but when the police asked
them to show their bodies, they said they
deposited them in the mortuary. He asked them
how can they take a corpse to the mortuary
with out police report and autopsy. The DPO
asked us to go get adequate medical attention
and come back. It was later we realized that
Obinna and Chuks had been murdered by the
village youths led by the commercial
motorcyclist chairman.
Extortion by the police
"Before they were murdered, 24-year-old
Obinna David was a three hundred level
Business Administration student of Abia State
university while Chuks David, was a secondary
school student. Up till date, the police haven't
done any arrest. At Awka, the policemen
collected N60,000 from us. When nothing was
forth coming, we wrote a petition to Zone 9 in
Umuahia. They demanded money from us to
start investigation. Later, they invited one of us,
Fidelis Ofozor and his Uncle who were later
detained and released.
Our plea
"We are calling on well- meaning Nigerians,
Human Rights activists and the Inspector -
General of Police, to intervene in the
investigation and bring the culprits to book.
Imagine how they killed two people in cold
blood including our sister who died under
mysterious circumstances because they think
they have influence and money and connection
in Abuja."

"During the
course of the burial, our mother was in tears
and while weeping, she lamented by saying;"My
daughter, oh you died a premature death,
whosoever that is involved in your death would
not know peace." The statement angered our in-
laws and they became enraged and started
shouting, asking why she uttered that
statement

gbens2000:
this story is incomplete and wat caused the attacks

Firstlieutenant:
Dem no go see fulani herdsmen kill, na their in-laws. Mtcheeeew

I've never heard of this kinda thing in any yoruba land...abi, I never wakka reach ni

Danfuster:



I've never heard of this kinda thing in any yoruba land...abi, I never wakka reach ni

Firstlieutenant:


If na 4 Yoruba land, e 4 worst. Na rituals dem 4 use dem do!

Baawaa:

Take your time to read the full story, but to cut it short