…Calls For Investigation Of Police, Army
In his first public statement after the invasion of his ancestral residence in Umunakwa Ifite, Oraifite, Anambra State, on June 6, Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has given graphic details how men in uniforms murdered his personal assistant, abducted his domestic staff in the night of Sunday, June 6.
Ejiofor who is counsel to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of IPOB, also alleges that the invasion of his home was targeted at assassinating him.
The IPOB lawyer is also demanding for immediate and unconditional release of his domestic staff. He stressed that the operation was carried out by men in uniforms along with a native doctor with assortment of charms.
Narrating his ordeal in the night of the assassination attempt, Ejiofor said: “the uniformed invaders/assailants actually came to assassinate me and every living object in my ancestral home, unprovoked for the second time in less than two years, in the wee hours of Sunday, 6th June 2021”.
He said in a press statement obtained by News Express that his late PA, Samuel Okoro, aka Gentle Biggy was shot and consequently injected with lethal substance before being set ablaze. He said further that the body of Okoro was burnt in his (Ejiofor’s) car, which the men in uniforms made away with. He said the attack happened shortly after he returned from a peace meeting with the Catholic Arch Bishop of Onitsha Province, Most Rev. Valerian Okeke.
“Upon my return home on Saturday, 5th June 2021, I was informed that the Catholic Arch Bishop of Onitsha Province (Most Rev. Valerian Okeke) wanted to see me in a meeting which I thought would be a private one.
“I honored this invitation where His Grace raised a number of pertinent issues and consequently, commended me for my untiring efforts toward achieving peace in our region.
“His Grace prayed for me and equally offered further useful advise. We agreed for a formal meeting where major stakeholders will be notified and equally be represented.
“I left the Bishop’s court, but not until His Grace blessed me for the umpteenth time, and prayed for me and my friend who was in my company.
“I drove back home in my red Toyota Car, the same car the criminals in Security Uniforms stole from my house during their bloody invasion/attack on my home, and inside the same car my PA and car itself were set ablaze.
“I have no doubt in my mind that His Grace will be distraught to hear that the very fine gentleman (Mr. Samuel Okoro) he prayed for on Saturday was brutally murdered by agents of darkness, in less than seven hours after visiting him.
“Due to traffic situation in Onitsha at that time of the day we left the Bishop’s court, we spent hours trying to manover the traffic and got home eventually at about 8.30PM in the night. I was gravely worn out after a long journey and decided to shower and sleep, in preparation for another meeting coming up the following morning at 10:00AM.
“I was in deep sleep when the demons struck. The barking of my security dogs and sounds of gun in and around my home could simply tell me that there is danger and unusual movement in my peaceful home.
“Initially, I couldn’t fathom what the problem could be but what I know and can tell the public on this part of my press release is that they will hear it all with impeccable evidence to demonstrate the atrocities that was committed in my peaceful home by paid agents of darkness.
“I saw as it all happened, it was like a movie. I saw and overheard them directing my domestic staff who never resisted them in any manner to take them upstairs where their Oga was sleeping at the time, but my staff kept on telling them that “Oga is not in this house”.
“Shooting and heavy beating were simultaneously going on, the time was 2:30 AM in the morning. I saw Biggie on the ground being beaten and shot at, before somebody, presumably a Medical Doctor in their company, injected him with what I believe to be a lethal substance.
“The lifeless body of Biggie was dragged on the floor of my compound to my parked car. My driver who apparently was in possessions of my car keys at the time was ordered at gunpoint to produce to open the booth of the car where his body was dumped.
“Efforts by these band of murderers to access where I had hidden in order to finish the job for which they came proved abortive as they couldn’t breach the multiple bullet proof doors leading to where I took refuge.
“The Native Doctor they brought along with them, was armed with all sorts of charms and he was busy making incantations and directing them to where he felt I was.
“Midway into their murderous invasion of my home, their search for me was suddenly stopped and they consequently vanished with my harmless and innocent staff they abducted including the lifeless body of Biggie. These evil men left my house around 3:45 AM having killed, vandalized and terrorized my household for over an hour and 15 minutes.
“They stole my car and left my home along with over 15 Hilux Vans, Toyota Hiace buses and Armored Personnel Carrier, they came with. On getting to Okacha filling station in Neni, they dragged out my elder brother Mr. Joel Ejiofor who was equally abducted during the invasion and directed him to disappear from their sight.
“It was after my brother left, that my car was set ablaze with Mr. Samuel Okoro inside the car. He was not only killed by these soulless beasts, his body was burnt beyond recognition. I wish to ask that directed this criminal and deadly invasion of my house, to tell me what crime Samuel Okoro committed.
“For the records, late Mr. Samuel Okoro hailed from Ebonyi State and has been with me for the past four years. He was a brother, a dependable friend and a refined gentlemen. I will forever miss him.”
Ejiofor, therefore, calls on the Inspector General of Police, Chief of Army Staff, Director General of State Security Services and the Director General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps to “immediately investigate their personnel that invaded my peaceful home, killed, stole and destroyed my valuables without further delay”.
