Published January 31st 2021
KENNEDY ISAAC CHINONSO NARROWLY ESCAPED DEATH OVER CULT ATTACK
Mr. Kennedy Isaac Chinonso, on Wednesday, January 29 2021, narrowly escaped death, as he was attacked by some cultists who were identified as Aro-Barger Fraternity members.
Speaking with newsmen, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Owa-Oyibu Police Divisional Headquarters, Ika North-East Local Government Area of Delta State said, "I received a phone call from the management of the Keziah Hotel, located along Owa-Ekei Road, Boji-Boji Owa, Delta State informing me that I should mobilize my men to the hotel that cultists are in the premises, attacking people and shooting sporadically to the air.
On getting there, we discovered that they purposely came for one Mr. Kennedy Isaac Chinonso who was celebrating his birthday anniversary with his friends and well-wishers at the Keziah Hotel's Reception before the arrival of cultists.
"It was quite unfortunate that we did not apprehend any of the six cultists that came to kill this young man, ( Kennedy Isaac Chinonso). But our happiness is that the bullets did not touch him, "they said.
Speaking further, the DPO noted that he has put all the necessary measures in to ensure that those cultists are fished out to use as deterrent to other cultists in the society.
He warned youths to shun cultism and look for something better to do with their lives.
Also speaking, an eye witness who spoke on the condition of anonymity, disclosed that he was the one who accompanied Chinonso to book the hotel.
" He said (eye witness), When we got to the hotel to pay for the reception we used for the birthday, the manager asked the celebrant to drop his Identity Card with him which Kennedy Isaac Chinonso did, it is through the ID the police used indentified and know more about the celebrant.
"When the cultists discovered that Kennedy Isaac Chinonso had escaped, they went and destroyed all his birthday items including some of the hotel's properties, "he concluded.
Meanwhile, as at the time of filing this report, Mr Kennedy Isaac Chinonso is nowhere to be found as he has gone into hiding place over threats to his life.
