Brother murdered during sister's funeral

Dead woman’s in-law reportedly unleash terror on brothers of the late woman Attempt to kill others in retaliation to annoying statement Police rescue other victims, demand compensation tocommence investigation Family of the deceased cry foul play, want IGP intervention and investigation

Two young men was murdered in cold blood during the burial
ceremony of their sister in Umueze-Anam area of Anambra
state, southeast Nigeria.
The incident which reportedly occurred on January 23, claimed
the lives of 24-year-old Obinna David and his 17-year-old
brother, Chuks David by youths in the area where their sister,
Gloria married from.
Christopher David, 40, who spoke on behalf of the bereaved
family narrated the whole incident to Vanguard, stating that they
had gone to bury their only daughter, Gloria, when the tragic
incident occurred.
“Before her death, 31-year-old Gloria, was married to Fidelis Ofozor
for eight years without a child. She was a full time housewife. On
the 21st of December, 2015, our in-laws called us to say that Gloria
was very sick and that she was admitted in a hospital in Port
Harcourt where they still reside.
“Two days later, they called to inform us that she had passed on. It
was really a sad news for all of us, especially our mother as she
was the only daughter of the family and worst still, she didn’t have a
child of her own before her premature death. But, we put everything
in the hand of God who sees all things,” Christopher explained.
Speaking further, he said: “Her husband’s family notified us after
they fixed the date for her burial for January 23rd, 2016 in their
home town, Umueze-Anam in Anambra state as custom demands
because she was married traditionally.
“Without an inkling that our in-laws had other plans in stock for us,
family members and friends from our home town in Ohuhun, Ubaha
village in Umuahia, Abia state and Port Harcourt where some of my
brothers are based, followed us to Umueze-Anam in Anambra
state.”
Recalling the reason for their attack and the subsequent murder
of their family members, Christian Okorie, another member of
the family, who was present during the stated that their mother
was in tears and while weeping, she lamented saying: “My
daughter, oh you died a premature death, whosoever that is
involved in your death would not know peace.”
The statement, it was gathered, angered their in-laws “and they
became enraged and started shouting, asking why she uttered that
statement.
“Immediately after the prayers, our daughter was taken to the burial
ground where she was committed to mother earth while we returned
to the burial venue. Suddenly, some youths in their village wearing
black T shirts began to attack us with cutlasses, broken bottles and
sticks.
“They used machetes to cut us, they broke my ankle with sticks.
Everyone that accompanied us from the village to the town had to
scamper for safety as we were all under attack. Along with some
family members, we ran towards the commercial motorcyclist park
in the village so that we can escape, but the cyclists chased us back
and dragged us to the burial site.”
Explaining further, Okorie said: “When we got there, I found out
that they had beaten my brothers and some of our relatives to a
pulp. Some of them were already bleeding heavily. Later, four hefty
men came and dragged Chuks and Obinna out. We kept pleading
with one of our in-laws to intervene. He said we should not disturb
him; that there was nothing he could do.
“Before I knew what was happening, another group of youths, five
in number, started dragging me to the riverside. They said they
would drown me. As they were dragging me, a woman who saw
what was happening started shouting, and saying ‘he is a camera
man, what has he done? You people should leave him’ but even as
the woman was shouting, the people who were dragging me did not
bulge. Neither did the elderly men who were seated at the burial site
intervene. Instead, they kept shouting, take him to the riverside.
“As they were dragging me towards the riverside, that same woman
kept shouting and crying, ‘you cannot kill this man.’ All of a sudden,
two of them withdrew. The other three kept dragging me down. The
woman was still following us. Later, the other two withdrew
remaining one. That was when I heard a voice which said they
should bring that man here. When they took me there, the man
inside the compound said the blood gushing out from my body was
too much; they should take me to the clinic that I was dying.
He was subsequently rescued and rushed to the clinic and it was
when he got there that he saw one of his brothers who was also
rescued.
“It was then I also knew that the man that was shouting before was
a policeman. He revealed that they came to rescue us in the
morning but regretted that they were threatened not to come out no
matter what happened, that they own the land. They had to seek
more men from Otuocha because there were only two policemen.
The reinforcement came to the hospital later in the evening. From
there, they took us to a hospital in Awka. We were there in Otuocha
hospital from Saturday till Monday morning in the evening when
they came to attack us again in the hospital.
“At about 1am when policemen went back to the site to rescue my
brother’s wife, both my uncle, my mother and some other people
that came with us had sustained injuries. The Divisional Police
Officer from Awka led some policemen to the burial site where they
met with the Community Chairman, Youth Chairman, Council
Chairman asking them to produce Chuks and Obinna who at that
time were missing.
“The villagers told them that we killed their youths but when the
police asked them to show their bodies, they said they deposited
them in the mortuary. He asked them how can they take a corpse to
the mortuary without police report 
and autopsy. The DPO asked us
to go get adequate medical attention and come back. It was later we
realized that Obinna and Chuks had been murdered by the village
youths led by the commercial motorcyclist chairman,” Okorie
narrated.
24-year-old Obinna David, before his death, was a three hundred
level Business Administration student of Abia State University
(ABSU) while Chuks was a secondary school student.
“Up till date, the police haven’t made any arrests. At Awka, the
policemen collected N60,000 from us. When nothing was forth
coming, we wrote a petition to Zone 9 in Umuahia. They demanded
money from us to start investigation. Later, they invited one of us,
Fidelis Ofozor and his uncle who were later detained and released.
“We are calling on well- meaning Nigerians, Human Rights activists
and the Inspector -General of Police, to intervene in the investigation
and bring the culprits to book. Imagine how they killed two people in
cold blood including our sister who died under mysterious
circumstances because they think they have influence and money
and connection in Abuja,” the man stated.