Vigilance man escapes assassination, calls on Obiano, IGP, Anambra CP to save his life

 www.odogwublog.com reports that a student of  Federal Polytechnic, Oko and a Vigilante man in Ugbene community, Awka North local government area, Mr Festus Obodoeschina  has raised alarm on further plans to assassinate him by a popular Native Dr , one Augustine Agbafuna (Anataike) from Ebenebe also in Awka North and his boys after he survived their attack recently.
Obodoechina has petitioned the Anambra state Governor, Chief Willie Obiano , Inspector General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase ,Commissioner of Police Anambra state CP Hassan .H. Karma and Director DSS Alex Okeiyi to save his life before he is killed.
He alleged that the native doctor is misleading youths of his community by indulging them into drugs and cultism hence a security issue that brought him in only to be attacked by his men and nearly killed him.
He said the security gains of Obiano administration on security are being threatened by the activities of the group even as he asked that the boys should not be granted bail until the DPP gives its report. He further requested the government to stop the activities of the group before it consumes the community.
There was an uproar weekend in Enuagu-Village Ugbene,Awka North local government area, Anambra state when 10 youths led by one Christian Ekweazu  waylaid and beat up one Festus Obodoechina, a student of  Federal Polytechnic, Oko and a Vigilante man in the community with dangerous weapons.
Obodoechina, an orphan struggling to finish his education at Oko Polytechnic enrolled into vigilante services to assist sanitize evil in his community but the group allegedly saw him as a threat to their way of life and determined to snuff of his life by cutting him up with machete until he lost consciousness.
The youths including Sunday Ughanwa, Papa Ezikel, Ikechukwu Ughanwa, Ndubisi Okafor, Chijioke Dinyelu, Longinus Ekweonu , Aboy Okoye , Chibuzo Okafor  and others had waylaid him and nearly killed him.
Obodoechina alleged that the group came to his house on a tipper driven by Christian Ekweazu with dagger, axe, and bottles and beat him up using the dangerous weapons which left him with cuts and he bled to coma.
He said: ‘’They struck me down thinking I have died judging by the quantum of blood gushing from my head. They are cultists and we came to know of their clandestine activities in 2012. My problem with them started when we as members of Vigilante group in the community recovered one Qlink Motorcycle from them which they stole and brought to the community in 2013.
‘’But because I was the one who discovered the stolen motorcycle and brought it ot Vigilante office before it was handed over to the police in Achalla. They started threatening me that they would kill me. I reported the matter to the police and efforts to arrest them at Ebenebe community in the house of their alleged native  doctor one Augustine (Ogoo) Agbafuna alias Anataike’’.

 ‘’These people are cultists and I did my duty as a vigilante member without intimidating them but confiscating a stolen motorcycle and handing over to the police as stipulated by law only to be under threat and as if it was only threat they carried out their threat and hit me hard and almost killed me but God saved me. They first attacked me on 28th November 2013 and ran to their native doctor godfather who is boasting that nobody would do anything to them or arrest any of his boys. Anataike has been hiding them from police arrest and even fought police last Wednesday as they came to make some arrests. He insisted police would not arrest any of them and they went back to do reinforcement but unfortunately did not return.
‘’This act by Agbafune is emboldening our youths into evil and about 80 percent of our `youths are being misled by such acts of cultism and covetousness ‘’.
Investigations at the Nigerian police confirmed the allegations of Obodoechina and revealed that the CID Awka of the Nigerian police arrested two of the boys that beat up Obodoechina but were granted bail as undertaken by Joseph Umebe of Ugbene. He assured to resolve the issues but rather the boys went to court for breach of their fundamental human rights at a Federal High Court, Awka. But they never appeared in court even for a day and the case was struck out with the court ordering for their arrest. 
The court gave verdict in favour of Obodechina and asked police to arrest the youths and prosecute them for attempted murder.

Police arrested Sunday Ughanwa 36 years and Chijioke Dinyelu , 32 years and an Achalla Magistrate Court Awka North remanded them in prison for unlawfully attempt to kill Mr Festus Obodoechina by using cutlass , digger and other dangerous weapons to machete and hit on his head as a result of which he sustained gruesome injuries and became unconscious in such a manner dangerous to his life.
The case with suit number MCA/08C is a two count charge between the Commissioner of police Anambra state and Sunday Ughanwa  and Chijioke Dinyelu for attempted murder and unlawful attempt to kill Obodoechina with dangerous weapons punishable under section 495 (a) of the criminal code cap 36 Vol revised laws of Anambra state, Nigeria 1991 as amended.
The prosecutor is M. Eze esq an Inspector.
Meanwhile, Anambra state police command has declared the suspects wanted and regretted the attack on its officials.