Anambra: Kinsmen seek justice for son thrown from four-storey building

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The kinsmen of 42-year-old Emeka Okafor are demanding justice following his death, after he was allegedly thrown down from a four-storey building.

South-East Punch learnt that the deceased died after the tragic fall from the fourth floor of the property located along Afubera Street, Odoakpu, near Onitsha, in Onitsha South Local Government Area of Anambra State.

He was said to have died in the early hours of Friday.

The incident happened after the deceased was allegedly accused of stealing some boxer shorts belonging to his employer, who owns the property.

The kinsmen of the deceased subsequently raised a delegation from Ogboji community in the Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State, where the deceased hailed from, to the Central Police Station in Onitsha to demand justice over the gruesome killing of Okafor.

The delegation was led by the President General of the community, Ndubuisi Nwaedozie; Regent of Ogboji Community, Dr Kay Anyacho, as well as other members of the community, including some of the family members of the deceased.

During the visit on Monday, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Olusegun Kayode, on behalf of the CPS Division, assured members of the delegation that the matter would not be swept under the carpet, adding that investigations have commenced. Punch