Chief abducted, killed by angry husband over affair with wife
Facts have emerged on how a 71-year old man, Chief Precious Okorie, was kidnapped, murdered and his corpse burnt after his family paid N1.5m ransom for allegedly sleeping with a suspected kidnapper’s wife.
Newsmen reported that the kidnapper, a 35-year-old old ex-convict, Onyekachi Alozie and his wife, Oluchi, have been arrested by operatives of the Imo State Police Command over the death of late Chief Okorie.
The Imo State Commissioner of Police, CP Hussain Rabiu, has revealed that the deceased was kidnapped on Friday, November 12, 2021, while parading the suspects at the Police Command in Owerri.
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The Police boss stated that when the family members reported the incident, he ordered the commander of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad, Oladimeji Oyeyiyewa, and his team to go into action.
On Friday, December 10, 2021, the gang leader, Agubata Maxwell Chimezie, also known as “the boss,” was apprehended while Oluchi was apprehended on Monday, December 20, 2021, and her husband was apprehended in Owerri on Monday, January 10, 2022.
Alozie, who was accused of masterminding Okorie’s kidnapping and murder, led Police officers to the jungle, where they discovered the deceased’s burnt body.
The late Okorie’s automobile, a Toyota Camry, was found in an auto painter’s studio, where the gang’s boss went to repaint it and later sold it for N1 million, according to the Police.
“They blindfolded Okorie, took him to their den in the forest, where they collected his Toyota car, ATM card and withdrew N3.5 million from his account,” Oyeyiyewa said. Upon interrogation, Alozie confessed to the alleged kidnapping of the Chief after his wife told him she was having a sexual affair with him.
“I’m an electrician by profession but went into armed robbery and kidnapping. I was at the Nigeria Correction Centre twice for kidnapping cases. I was detained at the Nigeria Correction Centre after I was arrested and prosecuted by DSS operatives in 2018 but discharged by an Nkwerre High Court and released from prison in 2021.”
“When I was at the Nigeria Correction Centre, my wife, Oluchi, was visiting and bringing me food. I did not suspect her with late Chief Okorie. She only told me Okorie was a Good Samaritan. Then one day, I overheard their conversation on phone, where Chief Okorie was saying he was eager to see my wife. I was angry and forced my wife to call the deceased to see her in the hotel.”
“My wife confessed to me that she’s been having a sexual relationship with the 71-year old man in the hotel. I threatened to kill my wife, and so she called him back and told him to wait for her in the hotel. I then arranged for him to be kidnapped. My gang leader, Agubata Chimezie a.k.a “the boss”, kidnapped Chief Okorie in his car and took him to the forest. I demanded a ransom of N20 million but the family members paid only N1.5m as ransom,” he said.
He confessed that he was given N290,000 from the proceeds of the car sales but had no knowledge of how the gang members killed late Chief Okorie and burnt his dead body.
“It was some of our gang members, who did the job. They did not give me any share of the N1.5 million ransom collected from the deceased’s family members. They promised to give me my share the second time that they were demanding another ransom from the deceased’s family member,” the suspect confessed.
