Family Of 9 Found Dead After Burial Ceremony In The Village

                          

A family of nine were discovered dead yesterday Sunday July 8, 20012 in Umuakuru village in Emekuku, Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State. The family had buried their 98-year-old mother, Mrs Felicia Njoku on Saturday [July 7] in their country home. The deceased include Mr. Pascal Njoku, his wife Juliana and their five children, Ebere (first daughter), Ifunanya (second daughter), Chibueze (son) Jackline (third daughter) and Uchechi (last daughter).

Others, who also died along with the Njokus, were Mr. Njoku’s sister, Christina Uba (nee Njoku) and her friend Catherine who accompanied her to the burial. There are reports that fingers were being pointed at a member of the family whom the source said had earlier threatened to deal with the late Njoku and his family over a lingering family problem. Unconfirmed reports also revealed that a pastor who tried to pray at the scene suffered a spiritual attack, meanwhile elders of the community have called for sacrifices to be made in order to appease the gods because such incident has never happened before in the history of the village. This report was developed from Sun reports.