Some indications appeared that the alleged murder of late Sylvanus Okoye, a native of Anambra state who had been stabbed to death and mutilated could be connected with his homosexual escapades,which resulted in brutal murder.
According to the neighbours, the deceased used to have only male visitors in his residence every now and then before his death.
The suspect, a 22-year-old, Eji Emmanuel who is now in police net, upon interrogation also claimed that the deceased attempted to rape him and he attacked him in self defense.
Emmanuel also said that Okoye had tried severally to rape him but despite several warning against such illicit act, he persisted.
Journalists visited Okoye’s residence site and spoke with neighbours, barbers, tailors and electricians. They all expressed fears that Okoye could have been killed for his homosexual escapades.
Elizabeth, a 28-year-old popular fashion designer in the area, said:
“Mr. Okoye stopped by my shop two weeks before his body was discovered. He wanted the phone number of a PHCN guy in the area, but as usual he didn’t give me a second look. We have been suspecting his moves. He didn’t have one female friend. But men flocked his residence and even spent nights there on a regular basis, that was enough to suspect his homosexual life. But what I cannot understand in this matter is the way the young man was killed. If the accused claims he acted in self defense; was it also self-defense to cut off his manhood after stabbing, tieing him with a strong rope to an object? I think the Eji guy has a lot of explanations to make because there is more to this killing.”
According to Mike Lawani, who was Okoye’s barber, the deceased was obviously attracted to some younger guys in the shop and sometimes invited them home. He claims, however, they never visited him because they knew what he wanted.
The source added,
“It is a pity that he died this way, but l think Emmanuel went too far by cutting his manhood; he was pushed to the wall. Don’t forget that it was also reported that the late Slyvanus brother had raped this same young man in Festac and the case was reported at Festac Police Station. I guess this attempted rape brought down all the fury in the young man’s mind. We also learnt that the deceased had promised to give the young man a job but instead what he got was sexual harassment.”
Tochukwu, an electrician in the neighbourhood was also around when Okoye died. He also knew, like everyone else in the area, that the deceased was gay. A source added that the middle-age woman at the gate; who collected the keys from Eji Emmanuel noticed blood stains on Emmanuel’s neck, but could not raise alarm.
She paid dearly for her error as she spent the last month in police detention asnwering questions on the matter.
Another source denied the claim of self-defense by the suspect, saying the murder of late Okoye was a case of a anger of a jealous lover.
“The decease was said to have been cheating on his man’s lover. And that the event escalated that evening which led to his death.”
And that the jealous lover who is also a bisexual traveled home after the incident and remained there as he was riding ‘okada’,but had called his girl friend staying in the Eastern part of the country with the deceased phone. He was also seen by the deceased siblings who eventually alerted the police.
It was gathered that Emmanuel, who was reportedly acting in self defence not only stabbed Okoye, but went further: he tie him with a pressing iron rope, cut off his manhood, locked him inside, gave the key to neighbour and bolted away.
Moreover, the suspect deceived the woman he gave the key to after the murder; telling her that Okoye was not at home. And his body was discovered 2 weeks later. The man was discovered lying in the pool of his blood, tied with a pressing iron rope, stabbed on the neck, with his manhood cut off.
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