By Adesina Soyooye
“Where is the outrage of those elected to protect us? I can only begin to imagine the pain of a mother whose vibrant, visionary son, so full of hope and plans for his family is suddenly no more” – Uzu, YPP DG Candidate
The Anambra State Police Command has vowed that it would leave no stone unturned to arrest the criminals who kidnapped and killed Mr Martin Ifesinachi Onyekere.
Onyekere, the only son of the State Women Leader, All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, was kidnapped at his residence, Ezinifite, Okpuno, Awka on July 27. He was the Managing Director of Fish Magnet Outlet, and was popular as “Fish Magnet”.
According to the Anambra State Police Command Spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, in a press release, the victim, investigations reveal, was trailed by the assailants who, thereafter, violently attacked him. They first shot him on the leg, he disclosed, before taking him away forcefully. His lifeless body was later discovered when the abductors, allegedly, called his mother to pick it from one spot.
His navy blue Toyota Corolla has been recovered by the Joint Security Team made up of Anambra Vigilante Operatives and the Police.
Outrage has greeted the killing of the very promising young man. Reports allege a ransom was demanded, but he was killed all the same. Anger has boiled over in the State over the murder of Fish Magnet.
A devastated Uzu Okagbue, the Deputy Governorship Candidate of the Young Peoples Party, YPP, in his, at once, angry and emotional reaction lamented:
“It is yet another black day in Anambra; a land of promise now drenched in pain. A day that drags the heart through thorns, that mocks every hope once held for a better tomorrow. A day that reminds us, once again, that we are being governed by shadows, not leaders. By empty noise not vision. By cowardice, not courage.
“Martin, this wound cuts deep.
“We are shattered, not just by your tragic murder by criminals after you were kidnapped in your family house, but by the defeaning silence and criminal irresponsibility of an administration that has handed over our streets to monsters. We are not just grieving a brother, a son, a light, we are confronting a truth more brutal than bullets: there is no government in Anambra State.
“What we have is a regime of press releases and photo ops while blood soaks our soil and fear rules our nights. Our people are slaughtered like animals. The wicked walk freely. The righteous are buried silently. And all we hear from Government House are echoes of confusion, denial, and helplessness.
“I can only begin to imagine the pain of a mother whose vibrant, visionary son, so full of hope and plans for his family is suddenly no more. It’s truly unimaginable. Nne, ndo., Ezi na ulo Onyekesi, ndo nu!
“Who is next?
“This is no longer a happenstance, it is a death rattle. The spirit of Anambra is fading, gasping, suffocating beneath the weight of a failed and absent Government.
“Where are the leaders? Hiding behind protocol and tinted windows while our best and brightest fall. Where is the outrage of those elected to protect us. Have we become so accustomed to mourning that we now embrace it like tradition?
“Shame on everyone of us who folds their arms in silent surrender.”
The State Commissioner of Police, Ikioye Orutugu, has promised to apprehend the killers, and has, therefore, ordered all Tactical and Intelligence Units to be on the job.
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