Shock and disbelief engulfed Itaja-Obohia, Olokoro, a suburb of Umuahia, the Abia State capital and the hometown of former People Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, last Sunday following the mysterious deaths of a father and his two sons.
The man simply identified as Mr. Okechukwu Osoagbakwu and his two sons reportedly died mysteriously in the night after his daughter’s traditional marriage.
There are several accounts of the incident. One of such accounts had it that after the low-keyed event which took place on Saturday, the deceased’s wife and her little son left for their abode at World Bank Housing Estate in Umuahia, probably to arrange for a vehicle to come on Sunday to bring the remaining members of the family.
Sources said that the newly wedded woman placed several calls to his father and brothers that fateful Sunday morning but none picked her calls, thus arousing her curiosity.
Leaving her new home, she rushed to her house in Olokoro, where she observed that the doors were still locked. With the help of others, one of the doors was forced open and what assaulted their eyes were the lifeless bodies of her father and brothers who were suspected to have died after vomiting blood.
Another account said that after Saturday’s event, one of the deceased’s daughters came down to Olokoro to see her father and siblings.
On arrival, she called severally and nobody responded. This forced her to open the door and saw her father and siblings dead, with blood gushing out from their mouths.
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Reacting to the bizarre incident, a traditional village head from Umuonuzo village, a neighbouring village, Chief Chukwuemeka Nwosu, described the incident as sad and unfortunate, adding that the tragedy has thrown the entire community into mourning.
He called on the Nigerian Police to carry out a thorough investigation into the strange deaths. “We are mourning this tragedy. Before this ugly incident, we had four corpses in the mortuary; but this tragedy involved a father and his two sons, who died after the marriage rite of his daughter,” Nwosu lamented.
Also, the Executive Chairman of Umuahia South local government area, Obioma Eze Ogbulafor, described the incident as an unfortunate and prayed God to grant the souls of the departed eternal rest.
Meanwhile the Chairman Umuahia South Council of Traditional Rulers, His Royal Majesty, Eze Godfrey Onwuka, has expressed shock over the ugly incident.
Eze Onwuka who is also the Traditional Ruler of Umutowe Autonomous Community, Olokoro, said such incident has never happened in the history of Olokoro.
“It is really a shocker to all of us. We have not seen this type of deaths before. We don’t know yet whether it is generator smoke that killed them or poison. The Police has taken them away to hospital. After the hospital’s investigations, we will know the cause of their death. It is really painful,” Eze Onwuka said.
Efforts to speak with members of the family proved abortive, but the newly wedded daughter was very moody, as she was seen raining curses on whosoever might orchestrated the deaths of her father and siblings.
