By Francesca Hangeior
The father of Jude Oguejiofor, a lawyer who is also Principal Partner in Oguejiofor & Co Chamber, has slumped and died after hearing kidnappers had killed his son.
Oguejiofor and his brother, a medical doctor, were ambushed and abducted on their way to see their parents on Sunday, Feb. 11. The medical doctor was released but they held on to Jude Oguejiofor.
As family members were making efforts to bargain for his release, the kidnappers informed them of the lawyer’s demise.
Family sources said Oguejiofor’s father was in stable health condition until he received the devastating news that his son had been murdered by the kidnappers. He collapsed and died suddenly shortly after receiving the news.
“The man was healthy while his son was in captivity but the trauma from Jude’s abduction proved too much for him to bear after we were informed of his death,” a family member noted.
NaijaBlitzNewsOnline recall that gunmen killed a lawyer from Orsumogu community in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, Barrister Jude Oguejiofor.
Oguejiofor was abducted by gunmen alongside his younger brother, who is a medical doctor.
While his brother was later released by the gunmen, Oguejiofor was killed, according to the report.
Sources to the publication that the legal practitioner was abducted when he went home to visit his aged parents in the company of his brother.
“The gunmen later released his brother and kept him on the allegation that he had been writing petitions to the Anambra State government about their activities,” a source who pleaded for anonymity said.
They, however, promised that he would be released as soon as they complete their investigations.
“They later contacted the family and told them to forget about the legal practitioner as he had been killed.”
The source said that Barr Jude Oguejiofor’s father collapsed and died immediately after the news got to him on Sunday February 11.