Tragedy struck in Umukoroada village of Okpuala Umugwor Autonomous
community in Osisioma Ngwa Local government area of Abia State where one
Kenneth Nwanguma Agu 32, used a sharp cutlass to cut his own sister
Ester Akudo Agu 28 to pieces and made attempt to bury his brother
Kingsley Ngozi Agu 30 along with his friend Ezekiel Chikwado Ajuga from
Enugu State inside a bush.
According to Breaking Times, the trio, Kenneth, Esther and Kingsley
are children of late Sunday Nwanguma Agu. Their mother, Mrs Ekemma
Elizabeth Agu née Okeke is from Neni in Anaocha local government area of
Anambra state.
Luck was however on the side of Kingsley and his friend as
villagers who noticed their presence on the ground in the said bush
rescued them while they were still breathing.They were tied with rope
and parked in a wheel barrow down the bush and buried.
According to Nnadi, a brother to the mother of the trio, trouble
started late last year when their father who was a trader dealing on
timber at Aba died. He said shortly after Agu’s demise Kenneth started
laying claim to the family house, a four bedroom bungalow situated in
the village.
He said attempt made by Kingsley to secure one room in the house
failed and effort made by the mother and Ester to convince Kenneth to
release the room also failed.
According to him, Kingsley had a misfortune where he was doing
business at Abuja shortly after the father died and thus, he had to
relocate to the village and so he needed a room in the house but Kenneth
refused. Not ready to listen to anybody, Kenneth decided to do
otherwise.
Nnadi said Kenneth allegedly attacked Ester with a very sharp
cutlass and butchered her to death on the midnight of 31st December last
year. Kenneth then ambushed and hit Kingsley and his friend Ezekiel
with an iron that sent into coma. After that he tied them with rope and
used a wheel barrow to push them down the bush in the village and buried
them alive.
It took the notice of villagers who passed by the bush on their way to fetch firewood to rescue Kingsley and Ezekiel.
According to Nnadi, Kenneth after burying Kingsley forgot the wheel
barrow and did not cover the body of Kingsley's friend well enough.
On seeing the wheel barrow, suspicious villagers felt that it is
not normal for anybody to abandon a wheel barrow in the bush and on
getting close to the barrow they noticed that somebody was shaking on
the ground.
The lucky duo were however rescued and rushed to a nearby hospital
where they were treated.Kingsley has gotten better, discharged from
hospital.
Asked what Kenneth was doing for a living and how he managed to tie
down Kingsley and Ezekiel with rope and drove them to the bush on a
wheel barrow. Nnadi said that he suspected that he used diabolical means
to achieve his cruel aim along with his friend by name Clement Nsogala
adding that he was a motor cyclist (okada rider) in Makurdi, Benue state
for some years before then.
The police are carrying an investigation and trying to get hold of Kenneth who has since gone into hiding.
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