Tragedy struck in a remote commuinity in Benin City, Edo State when a middle-aged man named Johnson Okundia was caught having sex with another male by one of his servants in a detached bungalow away from his main apartment on his birthday celebration.
An eyewitness account who pleaded anonymity said that Johnson Okundia on December 24th 2022 met his untimely death when one of his house maids who had gone looking for his boss during his birthday celebration decided to check the bungalow where he(maid) unsuspectingly walked into and found his boss in an uncompromising position making out with one Ohenhen Otasowie .
It was gathered that the maid immediately raised an alarm which attracted some dangerously armed cultists in the community.
The cultists armed with dangerous weapons including machetes, it was gathered, unleashed terror on the two males during a violent assault which started at about 8:30 pm at night as invited guests all scampered for safety.
The two males, it was gathered, were taking away from the scene of the celebration to an undisclosed location where they were stripped naked and mercilessly beaten up in the darkness of the night for desecrating the community for several hours until they were left for dead .
However, a mammoth crowd of sympathizers after the violent attack besieged a headless body of a middle-aged man in the community the night after the attack far away from his house as his severed head was spotted on the left corner close to his headless body .
Reactions from some of the sympathizers poured in as some were able to identify the severed head as a neigbhour in the community who had been living peacefully with others but expressed shock over the cruel manner in which he was murdered.
Others in their separate comments said he had a young boy Ohenhen Otasowie whom he adopted as a young boy after the death of Otasowie’s father to be living with him until his untimely death on December 24th, 2022.
Meanwhile, the corpse of the deceased was later deposited at a local mortuary .
A statement made available by the police stated that it received a very disturbing report about the assault and murder of middle-aged man identified as Okundia Johnson during his birthday celebration on December 24th 2022 and investigation into the case involving a violent mob attack had commenced .
It further urged members of the public with useful information that could unravel circumstances which led to the murder to come forward and report as any information that could lead to the arrest and prosecution of one Ohenhen Otasowie who lived with him until death as the prime suspect in the case would be welcomed from members of the public.
Meanwhile, a house-to-house search by local vigilante for search for Ohenhen Otasowie and the youths suspected to be involved in the murder of Okundia Johnson had commenced as it is reported that almost all the youths in the community fled from the community in the wake of the alleged murder of Okundia Johnson.
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