Amoka village, Nru Nsukka in Nsukka local government area of Enugu state is yet to recover from the alleged killing of one of their sons.
Chiadikaobi Asadu, a 19-year old man was allegedly beaten to death by his kinsmen on order of his father to correct his misdemeanor.
The incident which happened on May 23, 2026 has literally thrown the village and entire community into seemingly uncomfortable mourning.
Investigation by our reporter showed that the deceased allegedly stole his father’s N17000 to buy handset.
However, when his father confronted him on the bad behavior, he denied allegation of stealing.
An eyewitness told WITHIN NIGERIA that he was beaten thoroughly by the father who felt so much pained by such unruly behaviour.
“Either the dad was not satisfied by the beating he gave him or his kinsmen were hell bent on stopping him from such bad character, the father asked them to torture the son for him.
“Whatever the case was, his father’s brothers took Chiadikaobi was taken to an isolated place, tied to a tree and given heavy beating,” our source revealed.
Another source told our reporter that “after beating him in the morning and tying him down with ropes, he became exhausted. Later in the evening when they released him.
“His uncles who beat him asked him to go take his bath.
“As he was taking his bath, they couldn’t hear anything from him. They called him but no response. When they went to the bathroom, they saw that he has collapsed and died instantly.
“Probably to cover up their evil deed, they hurriedly buried him that same evening.
“When few people asked questions and what happened they said he was on drugs and fell down inside the bathroom and died.”
Revealing further, our source explained that “police came to Amoka village the day after his death and started arresting anyone they saw because his father claimed that some boys had killed his son, instead of telling them the truth about the people responsible.
“The police from Enugu came back again, and even the Army intervened, telling them to stop arresting innocent people and focus on finding the real killers. Since then, the people who killed him have run away.”
WITHIN NIGERIA findings showed that the deceased lost his mother to cancer five years ago and has been battling to survive; scratching life from whatever odd job he saw.
When our reporter visited the traditional ruler of the community, HRH Igwe Ejike Asadu, he was not in his palace even his phone number was not going through.
However, the Enugu police command is yet to comment on the incident even as the Police Public Relations Officer PPRO Daniel Ndukwe could not pick his calls.
