Vigilante Kills Man For Quarrelling With His Girlfriend In Rivers
•By Admin
PORT HARCOURT – A member of a local vigilante group, operating in Rivers State, known as Organised Security Planning and Advisory Committee (OSPAC) has allegedly killed a man for quarrelling with his girlfriend.
The vigilante member, known as Godspower, attacked and beat up the victim, Confidence Ikechi, a father of two children to a pulp, in company of his friend identified as J. Boy.
It was gathered that the vigilante member assaulted the victim after he had an altercation with his lover.
Confirming the unfortunate incident, an elder brother of the deceased, Chiwenkpe Ikechi, said what triggered the quarrel was when the said woman rained insults at his younger brother and even spat on him, saying he was smelling and even slapped him.
He said, “My brother closed from work and came back by 11pm. He earlier came to where I work and drink. Then he went back to his compound. A lady in the compound started embarrassing him, that he is a drunkard, that he is smelling.
“She then poured him saliva and also gave him a dirty slap, that was when Confidence retaliated and slapped her back, the lady went and carried a stick with her son and started hitting him.
“The lady later went and called her boyfriend who is an OSPAC man, two of them came and killed the young guy.They drove into the compound with a bike, used a stick and machete to hit him on his chest, stomach and back, then he started bleeding.”
Mr. Chiwenkpe, further disclosed that it was next day that he reported the incident to the police, after the vigilante member threatened to also kill him and walk away with it.
“The next morning, I rushed to the Police station, before I will come back from the Police station, the OSPAC person also come back to confirm if the young boy is dead. And also dropped a message to the young boy that he should tell his brothers and the community that nothing they can do to them.
“The OSPAC personnel are Godspower, J. boy and others, then when I came back, that was the last comment my young brother (Confidence) made before he gave up. As I was coming out from the compound, the same OSPAC point me and my mother gun, that they will shoot me and shoot my mother, that the case will not go to anywhere, I said ok, you people should kill me and kill my mother, let me see how you people can kill two brothers and mother. Let’s see if we don’t have where we came from.
“They said I should enter their Sienna, I said never, either they kill me and take my corpse. They said ok, that I don’t want to enter the Sienna, they will make sure that they kill me or kill my mother.
“The Police caught the OSPAC personnel through our information. Elele Police in Ikwerre Local Government.
“The matter has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCIID, Port Harcourt. We need them to be sentenced. They cannot kill the young boy and go free”.
It was gathered that the suspect and his girlfriend, including the girlfriend’s son have all been arrested and detained at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Port Harcourt.
It was learnt that the deceased was also a member of OSPAC vigilante in his own community in Obelle community in Emohua Local Government Area of the state, but presently resides at Elele community.
The Rivers State Police Command is yet to confirm the development, as the Public Relations Officer for the Rivers State Police Command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko is yet to respond to enquiry on the incident made by our correspondent.
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