Wednesday, December 24, 2025 - Tragedy struck in Boji-Boji Owa, Ika North-East Local Government Area of Delta State, as Mr. Lucky Obaze, was allegedly st@bbed to d€@th by his tenant over a N1,500 electricity bill.
The suspect, identified simply as Chiboy, is said to hail
from Calabar in Cross River State.
According to Ika Weekly Newspaper, the suspect and his
brother, Victor, lived together in a one-room apartment at the house belonging
to Mr. Obaze’s late father.
Mr. Obaze, an indigene of the Owa-Oyibu Community in Ika
North-East LGA, also lived in the same compound with his wife and children.
Narrating the incident on December 21, 2025, Master Success
Lucky, one of the deceased’s children, said the disagreement began when his
father went to collect the electricity bill from the tenant, as he usually did.
“My father went to Chiboy to collect the light bill of
N1,500. When he got there, they started arguing over the money,” the boy
recounted tearfully.
“I was alone with my father. If my mother had been around,
this would not have happened. Before I knew it, they started fighting
downstairs where Chiboy lives. After the fight, my father went upstairs to
rest.
“Suddenly, Chiboy came upstairs holding a knife. I tried to
push him away so he wouldn’t reach my father, but he overpowered me. He then
met my father sitting in the parlour and st@bbed him.”
The wife of the deceased, Mrs. Helen Obaze, appealed
passionately to security agencies, the Nigerian government, and human rights
organizations to ensure justice is served.
She lamented that she has been left with the responsibility
of caring for six children alone.
Mrs. Obaze disclosed that her husband’s remains have been
deposited at the mortuary to enable the police to conduct a thorough
investigation into the incident.
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