Onyinyechi Uzor, a nursing mom in Ekoli, Edda Native Authorities Space of Ebonyi State, has known as on the Safety Businesses and the Authorities to arrest and prosecute these answerable for the ugly killing of her husband, Nnachi Uzor.
The tragic incident occurred final week Wednesday when suspected political thugs stormed their residence and shot Nnachi useless within the presence of his spouse and 4 kids.
Narrating the ordeal, Onyinyechi, who’s at present nursing a two-month-old child, recounted that her husband was undressing their kids, who had simply returned from faculty, when the attackers invaded their dwelling.
“My husband and I have been serving to our youngsters out of their faculty uniforms when the armed males broke in. There was an argument, and one among them ordered one other, known as Deri, to shoot. He did. My husband was shot useless proper in entrance of us,” she mentioned tearfully.
She additional described how her son tried to confront the attacker:
“My son instructed him, ‘You’ve killed my father,’ and tried to throw a stone at him. Deri threatened to shoot him too if he dared.”
The attackers fled shortly after, leaving the grieving household in chaos and sorrow.
Onyinyechi, nonetheless shaken by the incident, described her late husband as a peaceable, humble, and law-abiding man with no identified dispute or battle with anybody in the neighborhood.
“I don’t understand how I’ll survive this. My husband wasn’t a troublemaker. He was a peaceful and respectful man. Why ought to anybody need him useless?” she requested in despair.
“Now, I’m left with a two-month-old child and three different little kids. How are we purported to survive with out him?”
The Ekoli group has been enmeshed in a disaster in latest weeks, leading to a number of deaths and the destruction of properties price thousands and thousands of naira. The unrest prompted an intervention by Governor Francis Nwifuru, who known as for peace and warned in opposition to the proliferation of arms within the space.
Confirming the incident, Joshua Ukandu, the Police Public Relations Officer in Ebonyi State, mentioned the State Command had begun an investigation and made arrests.
“We have now deployed officers to the realm. Two suspects have already been arrested. The scenario is underneath management, and the realm is comparatively calm for now,” he mentioned.
The widow, nonetheless, insists that justice have to be served and calls on the Authorities to make sure the complete prosecution of these concerned in her husband’s homicide.
