. Family, Group Kick, Demand Justice
The people of Umuora village in Umuohiri community in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo state have murdered one of their kinsmen, Chibugo Amadi, while administrating jungle justice on him.
They killed him on Monday after parading him round the village.
They stripped him naked, hitting him with weapons as he collapsed and died in their hands.
An activist journalist, Chidiebube Okeoma, who is the founder of Stand for Humanity Foundation, told journalists in Owerri on Sunday, that the perpetrators dumped the deceased in a morgue and fled after doctors confirmed him dead in a hospital they rushed him to.
Okeoma, said that while the villagers were beating the deceased they were recording the proceedings and publishing on social media platforms.
The activist journalist who in collaboration with the legal adviser of the foundation, Chijioke Onwubuariri, who are championing advocacy for justice for the family of the deceased, disclosed that the suspects whose faces are conspicuous in the video clips showing how they killed the deceased, tried to lie that the deceased fail from a tree when his 18 year- old son met them at a hospital in Okwelle in the Onuimo Local Government Area where they rushed him to.
Okeoma, said that himself and the legal adviser of the Foundation, Onwubuariri, had submitted a petition to the commissioner of Police in the state, Aboki Danjuma, which he approved and ordered the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation Department to investigate.
Okeoma said that the wife of the deceased with three out of her eight children ran to Stand for Humanity Foundation demanding for justice.
Okeoma said” the wife of the deceased”Mrs Chinonye Amadi in company of three out of her eight children ran to our organization, Stand For Humanity Foundation, seeking for justice. We have undertaken the matter and the petition written by our legal adviser, Chijioke Onwubuariri to the CP has been approved. It is an intentional murder. We have video clips of how they deliberately murdered him.
“They conspired and sold his four plots of land and still murdered him. They refused to take him to the police after conspiring to sale his four plots of land at an undervalued price and still administered jungle justice on him in the presence of his wife and children.
“Now they are on the run but they must be caught. I thank our legal adviser, Chijioke Onwubuariri, who has offered legal services in this matter on pro borno basis and we i asking all well meaning members of the society to join us in this task of making sure that the suspects do not go free.
The petition written by Onwubuariri which was addressed to the CP read in part ” we are solicitors to STAND FOR HUMANITY FOUNDATION, who act on behalf of Mrs. Chinonye Amadi of Umuora Umuohiri Community, Isiala Mbano, Imo State, hereinafter referred to as “our client,” throughout this correspondence and on who’s firm instruction we bring this complaint.
“Our client reliably informed us on the 22nd day of May 2025 at our ONWUBUARIRI & ONWUBUARIRI LAW CONSULT OFFICE in Owerri, that some time in April, precisely on the 3rd 2025, her late husband, Mr. Chibugo Amadi (now deceased), had a dispute with his younger brother, Mr. Ezemonye Amadi, over a land issue.
“This dispute escalated into a fight involving the use of machetes, during which Mr. Ezemonye Amadi sustained injuries. Fearing retaliation, Mr. Chibugo Amadi fled the community for a few days.
“In his absence, his kinsmen convened and adjudicated the matter, imposing a fine of ₦850,000 (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) on him. To satisfy this imposed fine, Mr. Chibugo Amadi was coerced, as they conspired among themselves and sold our client’s late husband’s four plots of land at a gross undervalue of ₦200,000 per plot—an area where a plot goes for ₦1,500,000. The total of ₦750,000 realized was paid to the kinsmen remaining 100,000 outstanding balance.
“Despite complying with their demands, the kinsmen deceitfully lured Mr. Chibugo Amadi back to the community under the guise of a “final settlement.” Tragically, upon his return, he was forcefully taken to Mkpacha Umuora where he was subjected to inhuman torture and jungle justice, resulting in fatal injuries.
“He was later dumped at a hospital in Okwelle while barely alive and sadly gave up the ghost upon arrival.”
The spokesperson for the police in the state, Henry Okoye assured that justice would be served in the matter.
