According to him, “after the service, I rushed home only to see crowd of people in our compound, thinking one of our aged mothers has died but was shocked to see my own younger brother, Pastor Chibuzor Ibekwe in his own pool of blood in our parlour. The assassins tied his hands and strangled him to death”. Mr. Ibekwe who has to stop speaking to fight back tears maintained that, his younger brother has never been involved in politics and hardly offends people, everybody in our community loved him because of his uprightness and kindness. I immediately alerted the Police at Ahiazu Mbaise. We are yet to know the rational behind the painful murder of my younger brother. What is the sin of the Pastor, that made them kill him like a goat? The people that killed him also broke into his rooms and removed all his C of O and other valuable documents including a laptop”.

Pastor Chibuzor Ibekwe who owns a big fish pond in his community until his death was the Pastor in-charge of Winners’ Chapel Emekuku before he was transferred to Ahiazu Mbaise Parish. As at the time of going to press, the remains of Pastor Chibuzor Ibekwe has been deposited at Holy Rosary Hospital Morgue Ogbor, Nguru Aboh Mbaise by the Ahiazu Mbaise Police Division. As Police officers D2 State Police Force Headquarters are investigating the case.
Meanwhile, the Imo Police Command has commenced full-scale investigation into the killing of Pastor Chibuzor Ibekwe. The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Linus Nwaiwu, told newsmen that the Police have spread its dragnet to apprehend those behind the killing. He said no arrest has been made but assured the command has commenced full investigation into the murder, describing it as “senseless killing”.
In a related development, evil men raided the residence of Bishop Justus Mogekwu of the Anglican Church Headquarters in Asaba on Monday, carted away N800,000 and other valuables. Mogekwu, narrated the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Asaba, saying he also lost his Episcopal ring, wedding ring, two laptops and other valuables. He said four bandits broke into his bedroom at about 1:am and ordered everybody in the house to lie down. The cleric said, “total cash taken was about N800,000, including that of my wife and the woman living with us”. The most valuable item removed was my Episcopal ring.”
When contacted, Mr. Charles Muka, the Public Relations Officer of the state’s Police command, confirmed the receipt of a signal on the incident, and however said as at Wednesday, no arrest had been made.


 

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