Police detectives in Obosi, Idemili Local
Government Area of Anambra State are
now battling to unravel the circumstances
in which Chekwube Mbaka, an 18-year-
old girl left her father’s house to buy
N100 garri to serve as dinner for her
family but never returned alive.
The victim was allegedly gang-raped by
eight coffin makers in an uncompleted
building at Odume-layout in Obosi,
Idemili North council area of Anambra
State.
Chekwube, whose family hails from Ogboji
community in Ezzagu, Ishielu council area
of Anambra State, met her untimely
death on the fateful day when she was on
her way back from where she had gone to
buy garri for the family.
Though policemen attached to Obosi
Police Division have already arrested two
of the suspects in their effort to untie the
knot surrounding the gruesome murder of
the girl, her family has remained in pains,
calling for justice.
Narrating how the incident happened,
father of the deceased, Mr. Mbaka told
Saturday Sun how he sent his daughter
out on the fateful day after he came back
home and discovered that the house was
empty and there was no food for the
entire family to eat.
He said: “When I came back that evening
from work, I noticed there was no food
for the family, I managed to bring out
N100 and gave to Chekwube to buy garri
for us to survive that night, I never knew
that evil was lurking around and that
enemies of God are also planning on how
to eliminate my daughter. She left
without any premonition of evil but when
we waited for her for too long, we
became apprehensive that she was
wasting time, initially, I was angry that
she had not returned but when it got out
of hand, I noticed all was not well with
Chekwube”
He further disclosed that before the
deceased left for the errand, her friend, a
20-year-old boy simply identified as Skido
(not real name) had visited the family and
volunteered to escort Chekwube. Since
they were best of friends and known to
the family of the deceased, they were
allowed to go but the boy ran home
weeping to report that over eight young
men accosted them on their way home
and forcefully took away Chekwube and
disappeared into thin air.
According to the family, when Skido
alerted them that their daughter was
forcefully dragged away by the coffin
makers to an unknown place, they
immediately raised the alarm and shortly
after that, they discovered the lifeless
body of Chekwube, naked in an
uncompleted building.
It was at that point that the family and
sympathizers noticed that the deceased
was gang-raped by the eight coffin
makers now at large and in the process of
preventing her from shouting to attract
passersby, they held her by the throat
leading to her death.
Her father further said: “We noticed
fingerprints on her throat, that may be
because they held her down to prevent
her from shouting to attract passersby
because the incident took place around
9pm, people were still passing. They
defiled my daughter and killed her in the
same place. We have alerted the police
but we can’t stop crying for Chekwube,
an intelligent and obedient girl who never
gave anybody headache not even in the
school nor at home”
When asked if he was suspecting
anybody, Mr. Mbaka said he is suspecting
the artisans living close to his house,
adding that they might have conspired
and masterminded the barbaric act,
following the alleged regular sexual
demands they had made to his daughter
in the past.
However, the case has been transferred
to the Divisional Crime Bureau, DCB of
Obosi Police Division where our reporter
gathered that Odume Obosi had recorded
four violent rape cases leading to death,
all within a space of three months.
Meanwhile, the Divisional Police Officer of
Obosi Division, CSP Dimale J.O confirmed
the incident and disclosed that two
persons including one of the coffin makers
had been arrested, adding that efforts
were being made to arrest the fleeing
seven coffin makers.
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