Abia State News Special Report
ABA ON FIRE, AS SOLDIER ALLEGEDLY KILLED KEKE OPERATOR FOR N100 BRIBE
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Afnews Editor
Aug 07, 2019
It was a chaotic Wednesday in Aba, the commercial nerve of
Abia State as angry youths from Amaise, Umuokereke Ngwa in Obingwa Local
Government Area of the state took to Aba-Ikot Ekpene Expressway in protest of
their kinsman identified as Chimaobi Nwaogu Uzoukwa who was reportedly killed
by a soldier serving in the state.
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Uzokwa, it was learnt that the soldier after trailing and
killing the deceased at his father's compound in Amaise, Umuokereke Ngwa hopped
into a waiting motorcycle driven by another soldier and left the victim in the
pool of his blood having being convinced that the deceased would not make it
alive, even if there was attempt to rush him to any medical facility for
treatment.
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Reports from the area have it that the soldier whose
identity is yet-to-be known at the time of this report allegedly killed Mr.
Uzoukwa for refusing to give N100 daily toll to the soldier.
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Our reporter learnt that action of the soldier, angered
youths of the area who stormed the army outpost at Ohanze in Obingwa LGA and
set it ablaze after soldiers manning the post took to their heels on receiving
information that the mob was heading to their location.
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The youths after setting the army outpost ablaze to register
more their grievance took the body of the deceased to Opobo road, off the heart
of the commercial city where they reportedly set ablaze a stationary Police van
with Mopol 55 inscription at the ever busy Opobo junction.
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Investigation by our reporter has it that the protest by the
youths caused pandemonium in the area, forcing businesses to closedown
abruptly, while drivers and commuters using the affected roads were forced to
abandon their cars and take to safety to avoid the wrath of the rampaging
youths.
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Some of the residents of Ogbor Hill when contacted told our
reporter that they trekked home as commercial tricycle operators and commercial
buses plying the location refused leaving their loading bay.
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When our reporter visited the scene, burn fires made with
disused tyres and other object were seen at various points on Ikot Ekpene Road,
just as the police van was still on fire.
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At 6.15pm, contingent of mobile policemen reinforcement were
seen standing at various strategic areas of the Opobo Junction, apparently to
wade off any group of protesters from converging in the area.
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A family member of the deceased and former Chief Press
Secretary to former Imo State Governor, Senator Rochas Okorocha; Mr. Ebere
Uzoukwa in a telephone chat confirmed the death of the deceased whom he
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Mr. Uzoukwa said "That boy is married and operates as a
commercial motorcyclist. Very jovial and social, Eze as fondly called is calm
and respectful. It is very painful after complaining about the unwholesome and
criminal extortion of these soldiers mounting roadblocks at Afo Di Mkpa Ohanze
and Ukpakiri, the people concerned were undecided and unperturbed to act
towards protecting the lives of their own people. It is very sad.
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"He (the deceased) was trailed by the soldier for refusing to pay N100 and shot him in his father's compound. What is his crime? Did he kill or go into robbery. He is from the same Agalaba part of Obingwa where the Governor comes from and the same Agalaba where the majority leader of the Abia State House, Hon. Solomon Akpulonu comes from. We will surely get to the roots of this act of wickedness.ÔÇØ
