By Cajetan Mmuta,
Former governor of Anambra State and Vice Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Mr. Peter Obi and Traditional ruler of Agulu Community HRH Igwe Innocent Obodoakor on Wednesday mourned the demise of Dr. Chike Akunyili described his killing and other innocent people as a sad development.
This is as the entire Agulu community, the country home of late Dr. Akunyiri has been thrown into mourning following the sudden death of their son in the hands of unknown gunmen.
Obi in an interview with newsmen in Agulu shortly after a condolence visit to the bereaved family said “It Is a sad situation and nobody can tell the reason how and why our society degenerated to this level.”
He stated that “The only solution to this problem is a collective attention of all stakeholders, those in government and in fact everybody in the society.”
While recalling how the tragic news about the death of Dr. Akunyi came to him through WhatsApp message, the former Governor said he had to quickly rush down to Anambra from Owerri in Imo state.
According to him, he had spoken to Late Dr Chike Akunyiri’s son that is abroad, and also met with his other son who identified his father’s body at Iyienu hospital where the bodies of Akunyiri and eight others were kept.
Obi however commended the police for taking the bodies to the hospital but expressed fears that if the situation is not arrested the society would be doomed.
Final moments before Dr. Chike Akunyili’s assassination in Anambra
Also, Igwe Innocent Obodoakor said the late Dr. Chike Akunyili was a great son of Agulu and a peace-loving man who cannot hurt somebody.
He said, “This a very terrible news and I never believed that this type of thing will take place in fact I am shocked. We lost Dora Akunyiri and now the husband is dead. These children cannot be without a father and without a mother and what are they going to do?
Agulu has lost a great son and this has thrown us in a mourning mood in our community; he added.
