Man stabbed to death by Landlord and his children, two days to his wedding

Tragedy struck at No. 50 Onumonu
Street in the state capital between 9pm
and 10pm, as it was gathered that a
landlord in Owerri, the Imo State
capital, Paul Oparaugo , and five of his
six children allegedly stabbed to death
their tenant, Udochukwu Iwuoha, on
Wednesday.

Iwuoha, whose wedding was scheduled
to take place on Friday (today),
according to neighbours was reportedly
stabbed by the landlord and his children
who made sure he was dead before
vandalizing his property.
The deceased’s neighbour said;

“The incident happened on Wednesday.

Udochukwu had told Paul Nwachukwu,
who is a security guard at a branch of
Guaranty Trust Bank, to stop rearing
chickens behind his apartment.
“He told him that the smell and noises
of the chickens were affecting his
health; but the family took his
observation as an insult.
“They beat him up before stabbing him.
A neighbour, Godspower, who came to
rescue Udochukwu (Iwuoha), was
stabbed in one of his hands.
“The man, Paul Oparaugo and five of
his six children – Chiemezie, Ndubuisi,
Ugochinyere, Chidera and Deborah –
committed the dastardly act. It was the
last born, Michael, who is in primary
school, that didn’t take part in the
murder.”

An unidentified friend of the slain man
said, “He had complained that his
landlord was always on his case.”
Another neighbour, who identified
himself simply as John, said all the
hospitals that the victim was taken to on
Wednesday rejected him.

John said, “The hospitals demanded a
police report because the injuries were
too much. Before we could get the
report, he died.
“We have reported the matter at the
Owerri Urban Police Station. Policemen
came here, and his corpse was
deposited at a morgue.”

Punch reports that the State’s
Commissioner of Police, Chris Ezike,
who confirmed the incident, said he had
ordered that the case be transferred to
the homicide section of the Criminal and
Investigation and Intelligence
Department of the state police
command.

Ezike said, “It is a case of a family
feud. Some youths in the area wanted
to take the law into their own hands, but
we were able to calm the situation.
“The suspects are known; they are on
the run, but they can’t run for too long.”