Okorie family of Isiakpu village, Okposi Okwu in
Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
As other families revel in the New Year festivities,
the Okories are dressed in the robe of despair and
sorrow. Indeed, the family has been enveloped by
a thick pall of grief following the untimely demise
of their father and breadwinner.
The Okories are not only crying because their
father is dead, but also the manner in which death
came. It was learnt that the man who was in his
late 60s and father of four allegedly died in the
loins of his girlfriend, Nneoma (surname
withheld), a Banking and Finance student of the
Ebonyi State University (EBSU), Abakaliki.
According to SunNews, Okorie, who owned a
block-making factory, was allegedly lured to the
'nest
of death' near the Presco campus of the university
by the lover girl who allegedly acted with another
boyfriend of hers, whose first name was given as
Alex.
Investigation revealed that on the day Okorie died,
he received a call from Nneoma, asking him to
meet her in a five-storey hostel off Goddy Ogbaga
Avenue in Abakaliki, the state capital. On getting
there, it was learnt, they began to do those things
that lovers do and her school boyfriend, Alex,
appeared suddenly on the scene like a ghost. And
the man died in the process.
Interestingly, the late Okorie, Nneoma and Alex
hail from the same community.
A police source said:
"What happened was that the man was lured
by a girl he has been assisting as a family
friend and/or lover to somewhere in
Abakaliki. Thinking that all was well, he went
to honour the call. Unknown to him, the girl's
boyfriend had already made some
arrangements to either threaten or intimidate
and extort money from him. But in the
process, while in the so-called boyfriend's
room, he died.
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