Otovwodo community in Warri axis of Delta State has been thrown into shock following the death, by suicide, of a 24-year-old man and the assassination of the town’s Vigilante chairman.
While the young man, simply identified as Emmanuel, hung himself on a ceiling fan in the room of his lover, Esther, 23, the vigilante head died, alongside two others, in a clash between two rival cult groups.
Prior to his suicidal death, Emma, as he was fondly called, lived in Ukpokiti (Agbassa), Warri while his lover (Esther) hails from Oron in Akwa-Ibom State.
The relationship between Emmanuel and Esther was said to be “stronger than death” until a misunderstanding, which lasted till midnight, allegedly broke out between them.
The squabble soon assumed a dangerous dimension, forcing Esther to vacate the room for him and passed the night elsewhere.
Meanwhile, The Eagle Online gathered, it was Esther, who is a hotel attendant in a popular inn at the nearby Igbi Street, that has housed Emmanuel for years.
Disturbed that he must have been jilted by his lover, Emmanuel allegedly took his life, leaving Esther to her fate.
A source said: “She however got the greatest shock of her life when she came back the following morning and saw the unpleasant scene in her apartment.
“She actually forced the door open through the window.
“While she did not raise the alarm immediately over what she saw, she quietly called a female tenant in their compound who advised her to run as far as her legs could carry her before she is mobbed angrily.”
But Esther soon ran out of luck.
A co-tenant overheard their discussion.
The co-tenant swiftly reported the matter to the landlord’s brother, who wasted no time in chasing Esther who was about to board a fast moving ‘Keke’ and brought her down to explain her involvement before the police.
As if that was not enough, the following day, the Chairman of a Vigilante group, Omonigho Okudeje, popularly known as Omones, 47, in Otovwodo’s nearby village, Ginuwa, was assassinated.
Before he was assassinated, Okudeje was known as a “popular, hard-working crime buster”.
He was killed along with his friend, who is fondly called Pender, by yet-to-be identified gunmen in front of his compound along Ginuwa Road.
The assailants were said to have stormed their victim’s compound in a blue colour car and killed Okudeje, who was on a motorbike with his friend.
Okudeje, who hails from Ofuoma Ughelli, was said to have been invited by persistent phone calls from the hotel where Esther (the lover of the young man who committed suicide), was working before he was shot in front of his house.
Prior to his suicidal death, Emma, as he was fondly called, lived in Ukpokiti (Agbassa), Warri while his lover (Esther) hails from Oron in Akwa-Ibom State.
The relationship between Emmanuel and Esther was said to be “stronger than death” until a misunderstanding, which lasted till midnight, allegedly broke out between them.
The squabble soon assumed a dangerous dimension, forcing Esther to vacate the room for him and passed the night elsewhere.
Meanwhile, The Eagle Online gathered, it was Esther, who is a hotel attendant in a popular inn at the nearby Igbi Street, that has housed Emmanuel for years.
Disturbed that he must have been jilted by his lover, Emmanuel allegedly took his life, leaving Esther to her fate.
A source said: “She however got the greatest shock of her life when she came back the following morning and saw the unpleasant scene in her apartment.
“She actually forced the door open through the window.
“While she did not raise the alarm immediately over what she saw, she quietly called a female tenant in their compound who advised her to run as far as her legs could carry her before she is mobbed angrily.”
But Esther soon ran out of luck.
A co-tenant overheard their discussion.
The co-tenant swiftly reported the matter to the landlord’s brother, who wasted no time in chasing Esther who was about to board a fast moving ‘Keke’ and brought her down to explain her involvement before the police.
As if that was not enough, the following day, the Chairman of a Vigilante group, Omonigho Okudeje, popularly known as Omones, 47, in Otovwodo’s nearby village, Ginuwa, was assassinated.
Before he was assassinated, Okudeje was known as a “popular, hard-working crime buster”.
He was killed along with his friend, who is fondly called Pender, by yet-to-be identified gunmen in front of his compound along Ginuwa Road.
The assailants were said to have stormed their victim’s compound in a blue colour car and killed Okudeje, who was on a motorbike with his friend.
Okudeje, who hails from Ofuoma Ughelli, was said to have been invited by persistent phone calls from the hotel where Esther (the lover of the young man who committed suicide), was working before he was shot in front of his house.
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