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| Ex player Chikelu Iloenyosi |
TEARS flowed
freely yesterday when the decomposed body of 80 -year old Chief James
Iloenyosi, father of ex-Super Eagles player, who played professional
football in France and Turkey, Mr. Chikelu Iloenyosi, was discovered by
the police at Nneyi village, Umueri in Anambra East local government
area of Anambra State.
Pa Iloenyosi,
who hailed from Abagana in Njikoka local government area, was kidnapped
by gun men in his house three days to his 80th birthday in November last
year.
The
Octogenarian’s family was planning his 80th birthday celebration for
28th November, 2013, before his abduction on 25th November, 2013.
Despite the
efforts of the Anambra State police command to rescue Pa Iloenyosi,
there was no trace of him and since then, the family members, who parted
with N1.5 million ransom demanded by the kidnappers, said they were
praying and hoping that he would one day return home alive.
Anambra State
Police Commissioner, Mr. Usman Gwary, said yesterday that four suspects
have been arrested in connection with the incident, even as he explained
that investigation into the matter was continuing.
Two of the
suspects (names withheld), who confessed to be part of the gang that
kidnapped the man said yesterday that when they collected the money and
told the family to bring more, they did not know that he would die in
their custody.
According to them, “when the man died, we carried the corpse to the bush and dumped him there.”
The police and
members of the family said they were able to recognize Pa Iloenyosi
because of the cloth and cap he was putting on before he was kidnapped.
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