Man lynched in presence of wife, daughter

A human rights activist, Kenechukwu Okeke, has been killed in Nkpor, near Onitsha, Anambra State.

Okeke was reportedly burnt to death in his compound in the presence of his wife, Mrs Blessing Odinakachi Okeke and their little daughter.

Okeke’s widow told reporters that her husband was killed by his tenant and seven others.

She said, “The tenant, Chiadiobi was living in our house, but when he packed out without our knowledge and asked that he be given two months of his rent, we told him he should have notified us that he was packing out.

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“He threatened to deal with us and teach my husband a lesson. On that fateful day, he came to our house and my husband confronted him, without knowing that he had many boys with him downstairs, and before my husband could do anything, they attacked him machetes him, and the fuel we wanted to pour into our generator, they poured on him and lit him up, and that was how my husband died.

Police spokesman Tochukwu Ikenga confirmed the incident.

The Nation