Man loses life over alleged adultery in Alayi

….Houses, car burnt down in Abia community
A middle aged man, Emma Orji, last weekend was clubbed to death at Alayi Community Village in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State over alleged adultery with a married woman in the area.

The incident, according to eye witness account, said the woman in question had informed her husband of her intended visit to her maiden home, only to be sighted in another man’s house in a nearby community a couple of days after.

According to the source, following the spread of the sighting, some angry youths invaded the man’s house and whisked him away for punishment but later found dead in the process, while the woman was reported to have ran away to an unknown destination.

However, the man’s death did not go down-well with his relatives and close friends who felt the tradition only permits some level of punishments to anyone found in the act but not murder, and as a result,

the deceased kinsmen invaded the residence of another person suspected to have spearheaded the death of the deceased, whose house was also burnt down as well as his car and other personal belongings.

Reacting to the incident, chairman of Bende Local Government Area, Chief Gabriel Okereke Elendu, who visited the scene accompanied by the Alayi Divisional Police Officer, condemned the act, pointing out that those involved in the murder of Emma Orji and setting ablaze houses and property will face the wrath of law.

Chief Elendu re-iterated that Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s administration in the state frown at violence and crime of any form and declared that security agents must fish out prime suspects to serve as deterrent to others in the Area.

He warned youths to desist from taking laws into their hands and vowed to get to the root cause of the crisis, just as he observed government has been doing everything possible to promote peace as well as protection of lives and property of citizenry in the state.

Speaking at the scene, Special Adviser to the Governor on Security Matters, Capt. Awa Udensi (rtd), warned that government will no longer tolerate such act, stressing that those involved in the crisis will be brought to book.

He said the state government condemned the unholy act by youths of Alayi, noting that lives and property of the people remain paramount to the present administration hence government will use all avenue at its disposal to get those on the wanted list.

Meanwhile, father of the deceased, Elder Orji has thanked the state and government delegation that came to commiserate with his family.

Elder Orji regretted the gruesome murder of his son by hoodlums and tasked government to endeavour to fish out the killers to face the appropriate sanction.