There was
confusion at Alayi, a community in the Bende Local Government Area of Abia
State last Wednesday, following the death of a middle-aged man identified as
Emma Orji, who was accused of committing adultery with a housewife in the area.
It was
gathered that the housewife had left her husband’s house under the guise of
going on a brief visit to her parent’s village, but she was found copulating
with Orji three days after she left her husband.
According
to sources from the community, adultery is a sacrilege in Alayi and it attracts
some punishment including flogging the man in question in public.
It was
learnt that some angry youths from the community allegedly whisked Orji away
for the punishment, but he was found dead the following day.
Irked by
Orji’s death, some of his relatives and friends invaded the home of a resident,
who was believed to have spearheaded the killing of the deceased.
The
relatives of the deceased were said to have set the resident’s home on fire
also burnt his car and household items.
A native
of the area, who pleaded anonymity, told Southern City News that
the tradition only permitted some level of punishment to anyone found in the
act, but not killing the person.
However,
the father of the deceased, Elder Orji, who lamented the gruesome murder of his
son by hoodlums, called on the Abia State Government to ensure that his killers
were fished out and made to face the appropriate sanction under the law.
The
Special Adviser to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, on Security Matters, Captain Awa
Udensi (retd.), who visited the community, condemned the gruesome killing of
the deceased by youths in the area.
He said
the security of lives and property of Abia people were paramount to the present
administration, vowing that the government would ensure that the perpetrators
of the act were brought to book.
The
Chairman of the Bende Local Government Council, Chief Gabriel Elendu, also
visited the community in company with the Divisional Police Officer condemned
the act.
Elendu
said those involved in the murder of Orji and the those who set the house of
the suspect ablaze would face the wrath of the law.
He warned
youths to desist from taking the laws into their own hands while vowing
to get to the root of the incident, saying government was doing
everything possible to promote peace and protect the lives and property of citizens
in the state.
- Punch
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