Y’all know how it goes… After committing a heinous crime,
you turn back to beg for forgiveness when you fully know that what you’ve done can
never be reverted. Now, after this man rendered someone fatherless over a land
dispute, he’s now begging for forgiveness and has even agreed to leave the land
for the son of the deceased. Read full story after the cut…
The Enugu state police command have arrested Daniel
Ekemezie, pictured above, a father of two and an acclaimed mathematics teacher
with ukpata community secondary school in uzouwani Local Government Area of
Enugu Coalcity state, for killing his 83 year old uncle, Patrick Odoh, over
land dispute. According to a statement released by the state police command,
Daniel, left his home in Ukpata Community of Uzouwani Local Government Area of
Enugu state on March 4th to attack his Uncle.
According to the suspect, he left to his uncle's place with
the intention to ensure that he is sent to the great beyond in other to settle
their age long family land dispute. He disclosed that on getting to the place,
he woke his uncle up and informed him that he has an issue to discuss with him.
When the aged man woke up, Daniel tied his mouth with cloths to avoid shouting
and whisked him quietly that evening to Iyimkpafu/Ofiakputu forest at Ukpata
where he tied him on to a tree with a rope and left him till 8th march 2017
when according to him, the victim was seen to have given up the ghost.
He further disclosed that on noticing that the victim was
dead, he hurriedly buried him in a shallow grave and left.
The Enugu state police command through its operatives of the
Anti Kidnapping Unit acting on intelligence information promptly nabbed the
suspect who disclosed what allegedly transpired between him and his late uncle
and claiming that they have been in an agelong land dispute. He has taken the
police to the forest where he buried his Uncle.
Apologizing for committing such heinous crime, Daniel blamed
the devil.
"I want to tell people to distance themselves from any
issue of dragging of lands because it can lead to loss of lives and properties.
I want the son of late Pa Patrick odoh to forgive me and even take the land. I
am ready to leave the land for them. I am regretting my action now.I recently
lost my wife and I am left alone with my two kids. “God please help me” he said