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18 year old girl beheaded for rituals in Imo, Nigeria
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Update; August 31st 2009
NewsRescue- Although we can not verify, in a very touching, remarkable development, the very sister of the young man accused of this horrendous act, recently commented on this article, that- though he is her brother, he should be killed for it. Linda Uwakwe:
Kill him, he deserves it. He is my brother
We have contacted her for a brief on her relationship with the accused and an indepth on his life and times, to understand better from her the reasons why she believes he can act in such a way. We sympathize with her and the family as well as the victims family and friends.
Story, August 29th, 2009
Vanguard- By Chidi Nkwopara
Residents of Owerri were Wednesday morning treated to a morbid spectacle as the police command paraded four suspects and the decomposing head of an 18-year old Chinwe Doris Perpetua Obieri, who was murdered for ritual purposes.
The bizarre scene, which was a replica of the infamous Otokoto saga of September 1996, had the prime suspect, 24-year old Emeka Uwakwe, from Ndiakunwata, Arondizuogu, Ideato North local government area of the state, clutching the decapitated head of his girl friend, Chinwe.
Speaking to newsmen, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Aloy Okorie, gave the names of the other suspects as Chigamezu Anyaoha from Orodo, Mbaitoli local council area, Anthony Obioha from Lude, Ahiazu Mbaise local government area, and the medicine man, Damian Joseph from Obot Akara, Akwa Ibom State.
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Mr. Okorie gave a graphic account of how the sordid crime was committed and the efforts made by the state police command to apprehend the suspects in far away Lagos State. Excerpts:
“You can see we have a case of murder for ritual murder. What happened was that on Sunday, July 26, 2009, the young lady whose head you are seeing (pointing at the decapitated head of Chinwe) left her Akokwa home, Ideato North local government area of Imo State. You can see the head without the body.
Late Chinwe before her death
“The young man, Emeka Uwakwe, is the boy friend of this girl and he came all the way from Lagos and lured her to his house in the village. He murdered the girl, cut off her head for ritual purpose and dumped the headless body in a bush. Apparently, the girl had told her parents that she was going to visit her maternal uncle in another village.
“As at 7.04pm on that same Sunday, she called her parents and informed them she was already in her maternal uncle’s compound and they believed her. Later, her parents made a call to her and the call was not pulling through up till the next morning and by Monday when it was obvious that she was not coming back, they made a report to the police that their daughter was missing.
“The names of the parents are Mr. Nicholas and Mrs. Theresa Obieri from Umuezeala, Umueziama Kindred in Akokwa. It was after they made the report to the police that some vigilante people on the same date, came around and said they saw a headless body in the bush. The police invited the girl’s parents and they identified the headless body to be that of their daughter.
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“It was at that point that the police swung into action and started making investigations. From information, we got to know that she had a boy friend who is resident in Lagos and who was seen around home within that period. So, we went to Lagos and we were able to arrest Emeka Uwakwe. You can see him now with the head of the slain girl (pointing at Emeka).
“When we now got him, he made a confession that Mr. Damian Joseph of Obot Akara in Akwa Ibom State, though he is based in Lagos also, was the one who made the charm with which, if he got the head of this girl, mix it with the charm and bury it, money will start flowing, he will start plucking money as if he was plucking fruits from the tree. That was exactly what the man did. He (Emeka) got the concoction, mixed it with the head and buried it in his room.
“We also went for the Native Doctor and got him. Meanwhile, Emeka made a confession too that it was his friends, Chigaemezu Anyaoha and Anthony Obioha, that introduced him to the Native Doctor and that he was capable of making medicine for money. They also confirmed that they had done such a medicine before with human scrotum. We do not know whether it their own scrotum or other people’s scrotum. We will surely find out in due.
“You can see the pretty 18-year old girl (displaying her photograph). I am sure if you had seen this girl when she was alive, you will weep. You will certainly weep because I have never seen a thing like that in my life. I just imagine my own daughter of that age being slaughtered for ritual purposes.
“Well, in an era where we talking about people going to live in the moon, that is the age we are in, 21st century, and people are still being fooled that they can use human head to make money. It is very unfortunate.
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“Emeka Uwakwe was arrested on Wednesday last week (August 12, 2009) and when he gave us the information on how he got about the whole show, our men left for Lagos on Sunday and we were able to arrest both the Native Doctor and the other two boys. The next line of action is that they will pay the price prescribed by the laws of the land. We all know the price for somebody who has committed murder. He will pay with his own life. There is no duplicate for life. If he had the courage to kill somebody, he should also be prepared to face the consequence. He should be in a position to say if he killed her with a knife or first strangulated her before he cut off the neck.
“It is very clear that the girl deceived her parents. My advice is simple. I have a daughter of that age. I know how we monitor her. Most times, especially in this era, if she has to go out, we must let go with somebody because you never can tell. That age is a critical period in the training of children. Parents should monitor their daughters closely. It is easy to make contacts in this GSM era. I am sure that if the parents had raised alarm that very night they did not see her, may be things would have come out differently. Source
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this is what our useless leaders whom havnt got any love of our country in mind have caused us by looting our treasury continuesly,God will never forgive you bad leaders!!i all my toughts are with the family of this young girl and this evil men should be kept out of circulation immidiately.
igbos… igbos…. igbos…. where on earth did u people found this Cruel love of money . Are u people the only tribe that is suffering in Nigeria.may GOD FORGIVE U people for all the attrocities being committed by you…………fake drugs, fake products ,money rituals e.t.c.
To Andrea, Igbos are not the only tribe who do bad, remember that Italians (If you are truly one) are worse in morality that any other sovereigne state known so far. The issue of Lesbianism, Child abuse by your priests, Homsexuality, Pedophile, Prostitution to mention but few; So becareful what you say to others 'cos yours might just be the worse.
The case on hand is not tribal, neighter is it for a particuler geographic location rather it is an issue of man inhumanity to man! it is not a crime to be in love neighter is it a crime to hussle for money rather the way and manner we go about at times it is what we are condenming so instead of conmdenming the Igbo tribe, try to comfort the bereaved family ok?
What we need is Gods Intervention to excape this evil people around the sincere children Of God, Duo No Child Of God Will involve in boy and girl friend I encourage every one here to Come To Christ, to be able to excape this evil Time, this will not stop alot of people are still doing all this secretly, this have happened leaving us to learn from it
I think this guys deserves death thank God they are not from rich families so they can not bribe their way out.
THEY SHOULD BE KILLED IMMEDIATELY.WHAT IS NIGERIA WAITING FOR?.THEY MUST NOT BREATH TILL NOW.
it marvels me to hear such a devilish omen.i plead the indulgence of the government to execute this ignorant,useless and evil guys immediately and to the parents and family of the deceased to plz take heart and still trust in the lord.
seconly,government should eliminate the high rate of crimes they commit within them.they should stop sharing our money,thet should remove greediness within and among them.
the kind of money we have in this country is enough for the citizens and i strongly believe that EMEKA committed the crime due to lack of job.plz you guys out there should look into it very well.
too bad for this men and the beheaded girl…a world of fantasy
My fellow nigerians.
I am so flabbergasted that a young man like a Emeka can think such evil thing by killing her girl friend for money ritual. this should teach many girls a lesson to be telling truth to their parents about what them do or where their go to. Emeka you are an evil friend to Doris, how could you kill an innocent soul like that because of money. Emeka you need to be kill as well. Dori may your soul rest in the bosom heart of the lord, God will surely interven on your case. nigeria police should waste the bastard without hesitating because emeka is a black-sheep to nigerians is not worthy to leave.
God love nigerians lets be a good citizen to our fathers land.
thanks
THIS IS SAD NEWS AND A LEASON TO OTHERS.
Obiefuna From Ukn
My GUY THIS BAD NEWS AM NOT HAPPY FOR THIS BAD NEWS? NOW THEY MUST kill OK? NO TIME TO WAIT ? KILLTHEY TODAY TODAY
MY guy ur judgment is same as mine that shows u are also good intentioned
put yourself in the beheaded girl parent's shoes and see how it feels. too bad that such a sordid and ugly ritual still exists in our motherland Nigeria. taking a girl's life to satisfy your worldly desire. they should be jailed for life. killing them will not make them feel the pains. if i were to punish them, these is what i will do:
1. pluck out one of there eyes.
2.each of them will have one of his legs and hands amputated.
last confine them in a solitary jail were they will live and regret their action will rotting and waiting to die.
whosoever murder a human need to die by hanging i will love to watch that Guy die by turture
May the soul of that girl rest in peace and my curdlent to the late victims family
whosoever murder a human need to die by hanging i will love to watch that Guy die by turture
My opinion in this case to the government, is to kill four of them as well, so that others intend doing it, as they does will use their eye to see the ramification of killing a fellow creature, here is my advise
Thanks
Alexsteve.
My advise to the government in this kind of case, is to kill four of them as well, so that others intend doing it, as they does will use their eye to see the ramification of killing a fellow creature, here is my advise
Thanks
Alexsteve.
I am from Imo State but now in Malaysia, i am really not happy with the incident.
But you people should not keep delaying anymore, just buary the Bloody men alive immediately.
So that other will learn there lession and remove monkey hand from the soup before it turns to Human Hand.
I have made my point.
It is quite pathetic to read about this sad news. All tis ritual of a thing is in fact destroying the image of Imo State and the people of Imo State. In one way or the other we can be like the Culprits. Let us all ve a re think on how we live. The worst thing some one can do on earth is to murder his fellow creature, which he/she has no hand in its creation. Remember the greatest commandment in the Bible. " Love your God thy Lord with all your heart, with all your soul and the second is like this Love your neighbor as you love thy self" It is quite obvious that the Culprit did not love the desist girl rather he uses the ways of love to deceive the girl. The Culprits are just earth bounded and they have no love for one another. Remember America is a great nation today is because 90% of them love them self and their country. We always hear them say " I Love my Country" So let we Nigerians learn how to love our self and our country. Especially the greedy leaders/politicians, who cares nothing about the people they claim to lead, but cares about their selfish interest. My final word is may God Almighty have mercy on our country and May his Holy Spirit teach us on how to Love one another. Because if you love me you cannot harm me and I cannot harm you either.
AM KELLY FROM MALAYSIA , A NIGERIAN CITIZEN. ITS JUST A PITY THAT IT HAS HAPPEN AND WE CAN NOT REVERSE THE DAY. DO BASTARD RITUAL PEOPLE SHOULD BE KILL IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT OUT GOING TO COURT SINCE THEY HAVE EVIDENCE. WHY WASTING TIME ON THEM .
Igbo's will never stop
Mr Bill,
Shut up. where are you from ? , Your people do the same !. This is not a tribal issue, If you don't know how to talk just shut up your mouth, soak your darty mouth and sleep
Kelly
This is really prepoutrous..I hope the killer is already dead at the time am writing this comment?.How can some1 go to the the extent of killing a girl he claims he loves?.Am really disappint with the kind of heart and mind most nigerians have.May her soul rest in peace and may that sucker rot in the furious part of hell.Amen
May the lord forgive Late Perpetua for her dishonesty to her parents and for the boy infact guy you too wicked.How can you have the mind to kill such an innocent girl for the sake of money that means you can as well kill your mother for that. Any way i know you are already faceing the consequences. I belive we all have learn a very big leason from this both teenagers,unmarried and married women. May the lord giude and protect each an everyone of us and may he have mercy upon nigerians for being too concious of making money.
this is very bad. may God help us and this money of a thing.
May almigty ALLAH have mercy on our country Nigeria.VIEWERS we need to learn lesson from dis incident most especially ladies who are not truthful in their movement.dis Evil men should be executed without further delay to serve as deterent to others whose their Evil not yet revealed.may her soul rest in peace.BE MORE PRAYERFUL SO THAT U DONT FALL A VICTIM.
My Condolence To The Victim’s Family, Chinwe Doris Perpetua Obieri Rest In Perfect Peace. Plz Uzoma Thailand I Want You To Contact Me True My E-Mail ID Or Mobile Number, henry27m@yahoo.com Or +9195 – 9432 -4121.
Ibo's are too money conscious, they want to be rich at all cost. All Ibo's are dubious, they are into human tracfiking, drugs, rituals and many atrocities in the name of money. Am not happy am Ibo,ok. God save 9ija.
Leticia, I really think you are eighter ignorant or misinformed, which part of the world are you from? are you saying that a tribe that boasts of more that 45 million people are all dubious? are you in essence saying that over 45 million igbos both at home and diaspora are all bad?
If you are an housa, what do you think about the hostilities and wanton killing and destuction of their livelihood and vandalisation of thier properties that you never knew how they suffered to acquire them that your kinsmen met out to innocent citizens of various part of the world for dwelling in your land for the sake of religion?
If you are yoruba, what will you say about the hypocisy your kinsmen are known for? Double egded sword, double tongued, malhandling of thase living with you? Obtaining by Tricks (Omoniles) what about the too many Agberos in you various lands (Monkey dey work Baboon dey chop)
I think what we should be doing here is to think of ways to move this country forwad.
FOR THE SIMPLY FACT THAT EMEKA COMMITTED AN ABORMINATION DOES NOT MEAN THAT ALL THE IGBO COMMUNITY IS BAD! PLEASE COORECT THAT BAD IMPRESSION OF YOURS.
Do you remeber faithful like Nnamdi Azikiwe, Alvan Ikoku, Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu, Aguiyi Ironsi, Dora Akunyili, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Chuba Okadigbo, Ndii Okereke Onyiuke, Ozumba Mbadiwe just to mention but few, these are all worthy ambassadors who have in their various ways ade this country proud and interestingly there are all Igbo sons and daughters!
BECAREFUL LETICIA AND TENDER AN UNRESERVED APOLOGY TO THE ENTIRE IGBO COMMUNITY THAT YOU HAVE INSULTED!
KC,
u ar right to some extent,igbo people hv good sons and daughters,examples ar d names mentioned in yr reply,but to say d truth,igbo people ar too mean when its comes to money matter,dey can kill their own mother,father,siblings to mak money rituals,if u look at d percentage of people caught doing money rituals,igbos carries 65%,followed by other tribes.Igbos ar very very hardworking,but their is somethin about igbos dat is not right once again,i realised dat any one dat makes little change always makes noise,so dat others can notice him or her,and dis makes d greedy and lazy ones start dreaming how to mak their own money by any means.But all in all,whether igbo,yoruba or hausa,nobody suppose to kill to make it in life,if u check those people doing money rituals,95% of dem ar illitrates,no form of education whatsoever,i wil also use dis opportunity to advice Nigerian girls to be careful,i mean those girls dat wil see a rich man&d next thing is to just follow d man,without knowing what dey do 4 a living,d same thing applies to men dat sleeps wit only rich women dat ar older dan dem too,most f dis women ar using somethin from dem.May Doris soul rest in peace
It’s quite unfortunate that Leticia is blind. Yes you are. We are in era were money is everything. To be honest, you are nobody without honey. You start commanding respect the very moment you get rich. Churches today talks of money, money, money and nothing else. They even brag with it how much more a single man. These are people that know what vanity upon vanity is all about yet they acquire wealth like say “tomorrow no de”. They build schools only for the rich instead of the poor. To receive promotion today in some offices, people go as far as doing some ritual. Polities today in nigerial is all about ritual to be where you should be. Let’s not deceive our selves. Our people say that when a dog carried some faeces on its mouth, it becomes a faeces eater. We are living today hustling and struggling all just because of money. But the point is that we should remember God first in anything we do and by so doing, we will always work in the right track. If anybody commits crime, he/she must face the law and that is what policy will sure do. Committing crimes is an individual heart decision and not tribe as per say. Please I guess we should mind how we speak. Thanks.
My condolence to the victim's family. But the law of if you kill you should be killed must apply.
It is very good that stories of this nature is made public so that we learn. There is no way we can do without bad people on earth. The situation is that all the parties involved had one fault or the other. The girl was wrong for not informing the parents about her movement. The parents were relaxed not following up the girls absence on time. Then the dastardly act of the evil boy. The whole matter lies that truth has eluded our community. My plead now is for police not to waist their precious time much longer but to let the bad boys get the supreme panalty before some faceless persons will kill the case. Trust Nigerians. We can do anything for money.
The must face the evil they have done. They must never have peace in this life and to come, cos there is NO peace for the wicked. (Ogbumma na esi na mma ana, and ogba egbe na esi na egbe ana)
O' God please save Nigeria and Nigerians.
Do not condemn in your judgement, either keep such culprit in life imprisonment or amputate their limbs completely so that they live to face their evil deeds in permanent agony and pains, as a lesson to intended criminals
WHAT CAN we DO ? We need our government for NEW Solutions
God have mercy on this country. It is not bad to be friendly, but evil to think so cruel, barbaric and evil agint your friend. Infact, both are not friends from the beggining. The boy has long been preparing the girl for such evil act in pretence for love. May God in his infinite mercy, forgive Chinwe her sins and bring her soul to eternal rest in his bossom. Many Emekas are spread across this country. May God expose them before their plans could materialize to save a lot of souls. Chinwe's Family, take heart. He who kill with a knife must surely die through a knife. The wages of sin is death my people. Nigerians, STOP COMMITING EVIL. God love this country dearly. let us do well to serve him by loving our neighbours. If we love our neighbours, we will not think evil against them.
Thank be to God and the police for doing nice job. Let them face the consequences. Imagine, a girlfriend! well God please help us.
It is a pity. Imagine, a girlfriend! Thanks God for the arrest of accused. Let them face the music.
Nigeria needs GOD intervention
My Condolence to the victim’s family, May GOD save nigerian's.
that unfair!
i think God should judge them
and this stand as a lesson to all those fool who think they are fooling there parent to go stay with someone.
so youth should run from this bad behaviour now.
and also be close to there GOD.
this is bad news may god forgive them
this is inhumanity in the highest order.upon all the thing happening in this nigeria i wonder if this kind of thing still exist.I think that guy and his friends dont deserve to live.The best punishment they can get for killing is beign killed.
let there be a speedy hearing in this case .execute him……hang him .dont let the case of Rev.knig REPEAT itself.
sanitize 9ja.
it is unfair,people term it sign of end time but the question is if end time is for only nigerians.