Masquerade Stabs 60-Year-Old Man To Death

A 60 year old man, Emmanuel Nnamani has been allegedly stabbed to death on June 27, 2013, by a masquerade in Ukehe, Igbo – Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State.   The masquerade said to have been worn by one Chinedu Iyioke of Umuofiagu Ukehe also in Igbo – Etiti Local Government Area of the State, has already been arrested by operatives of the Enugu State Police Command.
Our correspondent reports that the victim who was said to have been stabbed on his lower abdomen for undisclosed reasons by the masquerade was rushed to a nearby hospital for medical attention, but he gave up the ghost before he could be attended to by the doctors.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer for the Enugu State Police Command, Ebere Amaraizu (ASP), confirmed the incident, disclosing that the command has commenced full scale investigation into the matter with a view to getting at the root cause of the incident.
According to him, the suspect, Chinedu Iyioke the man in the masquerade who is now helping the police in their investigations will appear in court as soon as police investigations were concluded.
Meanwhile, the body of the deceased has been deposited at the hospital mortuary for autopsy.