•They composed a song, There’s no love in the heart of the city
…And got murdered in the city by mob that denied them love
FROM CHRIS ANUCHA &CANICE UZOUKWU, Port Harcourt
Lloyd Mike Doku, the erstwhile 200 level engineering student at the University of Port Harcourt, who was murdered in Omuokiri community, Aluu, Rivers State, with three others, was a staunch member of the popular Salvation Ministries Church.
Salvation Ministries has its headquarters in Port Harcourt , Rivers State, with the glamorous preacher, Pastor David Ibiyomie, as the General Overseer. Lloyd loved Salvation Ministry and its founder, whom he called ‘daddy’ so much that he kept preaching and disturbing his parents, Mr and Mrs Mike Doku, to change from worshipping in their Church, Shammah Chapel and come to Salvation Ministry. His parents were quite impressed the way he was serious with his Christian life, and as a way of encouraging him, they sometimes obeyed and followed him to worship at Salvation Ministry, especially, when the church organized special programmes.
Lloyd, from Okrika, Rivers State, failed to ‘convert’ his parents to be members of Salvation Ministry, but, the feat he could not achieve while alive has been accomplished after his death. As a way of immortalizing their son, the couple have vowed to grant his wish. They have automatically become members of Salvation Ministry till the end of their journey on earth. “There is no other way of immortalizing him, than to become members of Salvation Ministry, he died as a member of the church, he will be happy where he is now. He kept inviting us to that church and even a Sunday before he was killed, he invited us to his church and we went,” the grieving father said .
Lloyd’s mother revealed how the same week, they attended the service with their son in his church, was the last time they saw him alive. Mrs Doku said “After the church service that day, he stayed behind and we left. As he was about going back to the school, he gave me a book, written by Pastor David Ibiyomie titled How faith works. He told me the book would help me to know more about faith. And, that was the last time I saw him.” She said her late son was very close to God and never believed he was going to die the way he did. He a compassionate person, I met him when he was still breathing, in agony, struggling with life. Even in that agony, he knew when the mob put a tyre on the neck of his friend, poured fuel and set him ablaze.
My son still struggled and tried to assist his friend to put off the fire. She said it was possible her son knew he was going to die, and decided to buy the book for her. Since the murder of her son, the book has become her companion and that was the only period she devoted time to read and understand it better. “Maybe, he prepared me for his death.” Giving further insight into the person of Lloyd, the heart-broken mother recalled how she gave him the sum of N50,000 to pay for his accommodation and three days later, he came back, called her into the room and started begging her not to be angry with him. According to her, when she inquired what his offence was, he disclosed to her that he used the N50,000 she gave him to ‘sow a seed’ in the church, and appealed for another one. “I told him I would not be angry since he gave the money to God, I was really happy about the consciousness of God in him.”
On her relationship with her late son, Mrs Doku said as a special child, they were emotionally attached to each other. According her, after giving birth to him, it took her eleven solid years to conceive again. “We were so close, he touches me, kisses and hugs me, he became better, best, I fell in love with my son. When I got to the scene and saw the lifeless body of my son, I praised God, I exalted His name, I promised God that I would serve Him in any situation. I started singing and the whole place that was rowdy before was calm. My husband carried the battered, lifeless body of his own son, it was an ugly sight to behold,” she moaned. Lloyd and Ugonna as budding artistes It’s possible that Ugonna Kelechi Obuzor, a 200 level geology student and Lloyd and could have become two of the greatest musicians this country has produced.
The two budding artistes were working on an album they wanted to release soon. The demo has already been produced. The young men were billed to thrill thousands of their fans during the Students’ Union Week ,which was to start Monday, October 8, 2012. Lloyd, who saw himself making a career and fortunes from music, told his mother how he was going to make money from music soon and use the proceeds to assist her. “He kept telling me, ‘mummy, don’t worry, I will soon have money,” she said. Their prophetic song It does appear the duo foresaw their death, that they were going to be killed in one of the cities of Nigeria, a country which does not love and cherish her citizens. The title of their unfinished album is In the heart of the city, while the title of another of their songs is There is no love in the heart of the city.
Truly, there is no love in the heart of the city, and the four students were butchered like animals, by ‘the animal called, man’(Apologies to chief Olusegun Obasanjo). Ugonna’s stage name was Tipsy while that of Lloyd was Big L. Ugonna as a genius His mother died on October 26, 2005. That could be the reason some rumour mongers peddled false information that on hearing the news of his death, the mother collapsed and died. His father, Messiah Obuzor, from Ogbogu in Ogba/ Egbema/Ndoni Local Government of Rivers, said his late son lost his mother seven years ago. Ugonna was 18 years on May 30, 2012 .
Obuzor, who described himself simply ,as a civil servant, said like most left-handed people, his son was very brilliant, sharp, gentle, respectful and kind to a fault. I have lost a gifted boy, we looked alike. Since his mother’s death , I have been a father and mother to them. We had very strong ties, we knew each other very well. I can vouch for his character, my son is innocent. They accused them of stealing laptop, but I exposed my son to computer right from his primary school days. It’s painful that my son was killed in this manner,” he lamented. Chiadika Chiadika Lordson Biringa is from Obowo Local Government Area of Imo State.
The erstwhile Theatre Arts student was described by his father, Biringa Stephen, as humble, obedient, and someone who never removed a pin from his parents’ house unless it was given to him. When he celebrated his 20th birthday in September, his father, who works for NNPC said he wanted to take him and other siblings out to catch some fun, but he refused and chose to stay at home and watch football . “My son was a very soft person, he didn’t have strong heart. I’m sure he must have died, even before they started torturing him.” Biringa described his son as someone, who liked making friends and cracking jokes. According to him, “it was not surprising , Chiadika chose to study Theatre Arts, against my wish.” adding Chiadika liked to make people happy and he also liked dancing.”
When he was a child, Biringa said his late son became popular, because of the way he danced to the rhythm of pounding of fufu in a mortar. “Making people happy was in him and that was while I later conceded to his studying Theatre Arts.” The problem the bereaved father is facing now is how to make his wife cope with the reality on ground, because of her closeness to their late son. “Sometimes, you find it difficult to differentiate whether they were mother and child or husband and wife. They were too close such that, if she wore any clothes for outing, she usually called him to come and confirm they were fitting. “ He narrated how he was driving to his office that fateful Friday before his second son called on phone to inform him that Chiadika was dead.
“I didn’t know when I reversed the car and my wife managed to get to the scene and saw the badly battered body of her loving, first son she was fond of. I took the body home and buried it the following day. The killing was barbaric. The only thing that could assuage what has happened to these children is justice. When someone suffers injustice, it is only justice that can heal the wound inflicted by injustice. I know my son cannot come back to be alive.” Another thing that’s bothering Mr Biringa is the robbery allegation, leveled against his son.
He fumed: “Let the allegation of robbery be proved or disproved, I have been grooming this child to become somebody in life, to be able to give back to the society, let them investigate and find out, if they were armed robbers as the community branded them. If the police cannot do it, I will leave it for God. If the children were armed robbers, they wouldn’t have been killed, they would have fought back. Did they recover arms and ammunition from the children they branded armed robbers?
My son was too close to his mother, his death is like a wound in the palm, which is seen each day the palm is opened . I hope, God will assist us to be able to come out of this bitter experience,” he said.
May their souls rest in perfect peace!..
I pray God will grant the families to bear the tragic loss of their beloved Sons.
My prayer and hope is that God almighty will take full control of Nigeria and cleanse the land of all evils that are ravaging all over the place on daily basis.
The Police must do what they did on Cynthia case by bringing all those Animals in human skin that killed those young Men in such a barbaric manners.
MAY THE ALMIGHTY GOD REST THEM . AMEN.
VERY BAD OF THAT USLESS VILLAGE !!!,THIS HAVE BEOME A CORSE IN THAT VILLAGE,IF THEY DON’t HOW TO HANDLY THIS MATTER,BELIEVE ,THEY MAY NOT HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THAT VILLAGE IN THIS WORLD AGAIN,MOMENT THE PERSON WILL GET TO 20 HE WILL DIE,THIS CAN BE A COURSE IN THAT VILLAGE IN TIME COMING
painful, i want inform any order community that will or may plan to carry such art,am promise the Aluu people that they are going to be the first people that will be attack with biological weapon in Nigeria if they did not produce those people that committed this art…..
From the moment I stumbled on this gory news I felt within my spirit that these young men cannot be robbers but victims of conspiracy of the sons of men that the bible describe their hearts as being desperately wicked that only Him can understand.Justice is rarely done in this country but take consolation in the fact that vengeance is of the Lord for Lloyd and his friends. ADIEU!!!
why celebrating Evils here, did anybody realized that the four dead guys were on a deadly criminal mission to kill an innocent soul before they met their own waterloo.
Even though the way they met their own waterloo was barbaric,nevertheless it is Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Nigeria is four less a killer and cult.Anybody who has been a victim of deadly armed robbery or more so cult group action will know better.
Aluu people are barbaric and I suggest that each and every one of this mob should be traced and brought to justice
God will surely console U All…. We wrap U All & the Souls of these Lovely Boys In Prayers every Minute…
We Most Sincerely Share In Your Grieve…..
God knows Best….
Take Heart for God Is & Will Always Be With …..IJMNA
Thank God there is God
Thank God there is God.may dey rest in perfect peace.mummy and daddy cry no more.because God has a perfect and best plan for ur family
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MayGod almighty give their parent strenght to survive this great havoc or predicament . people taking laws in their hands ,it is unbelievable.
Be strong and have faith God will prevail over it soonest or later (family).
I pity 4 d future generation of Aluu….. U won’t understand. They can now only inter-marry themselves till eternity…..This singular act, has denied them even favour…. U won’t understand….. Time would open Aluu’s eyes to d dangers I hv just seen dat is ahead….. It’s a pity yet to been born innocent generation from Aluu
calamities will continue to befall on them, frm generation to generation, wicked than bh.
This calls for more carefulness and vigilance on the part of parents on their children. They must ensure the children are outside what they portray at home also.
God is the judge! And may their souls rest in peace.
My hearfelt sympathy goes to the family of the slain boys.
This is typical of south south people. No surprise. This people are worse than BH.
very painful and annoying……..i wake up each day with the picture of these boys flooding my mind. may their souls rest in the lord’s bosom. ALUU community has been cursed.
my dear it shall not be well with the entire people of Allu community , God almighty will never bring peace to the land again, may the souls of the slain boys rest in peace.
No words to explain what these parents are undergoing. I wish you all that only strenght that comes from almighty GOD.The politicians and those dispensing justice making sure animals and brainless baboons stop taking laws into their filthy hands. May their souls rest in peace.
My heart goes out to the parents of the slain boys. As a father, i feel your pains. My prayer is that Almighty God will console you in a special way that He alone can, and that justice is done, to at least expose and punish the perpetrators accordingly, so that their gentle souls will rest in peace.
Even God Himself must be angry with those villagers now. I would have thought that the villagers too must be regreting by now if not for their recent threat(?) that they will not take it lightly if their traditional ruler is not released immediately. Mark my words, that village has attracted a curse on themselves. A bad seed they have planted for future generations of that community. Its just a pity. God will give you their parents the strength and fortitude to bear this calamity in Jesus name.
My condolence
I cried and cried when i saw the video, am still not myself even now. This article is so heartwrenching at the same time i see it as a tribute to their sons . I follow this story though i live in the States ,I want Nigerian Government to show the world that justice will be done. What is so sad about the whole thing is watching how their lives were taken , you almost want to jump into the video and say STOP. God knows best and in thir short lives they gave their parents JOY. My prayers are with them.
Aluu is CURSED 4ever.. No peace shall be heard in that land, They will all end in sorrow and pains..
LORD JESUS, HAVE MERCY ON YOUR CHILDREN!
What a country! What a people! Where are we heading to? My heart bleeds. Aluu comunity will never have sleep because they have murdered sleep. May my God grant the families the fortitude to bear the loss. May their souls rest with the Lord. AMEN
God wil console the parents
The harvest is rich. But, few labourers available. Lord, send more labourers into your vineyard to conquer the ‘hearts of men’ for your kingdom!
May the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace. AMEN.
My fellow Nigerians,i’m dying my heart is broken, i have been in state of Shock,for the past 8days,no words can describe how i feel since i watch the lynching video of those 4guys, i can’t sleep @ night the pictures keep coming over and over, tears keep streaming down my eyes no matter how much i tried to control myself. God Aluu wasted 4 innocent boys in a barbaric gruelsome manner RIP ugo,llyod,chidiaka n tekena…to the murderers,may the blood of your generations to come be spilled in a more gruelsome manner,may all the forces of this earth be against you all, I call upon the virginity,menstration & child birth blood (excluding your evil blood)women on this planet to hunt you all,and your generations to come!! My heart is bleeding,sobbing ;(
he cannot use N50,000 to sow seed in church this is pur lie
MY BROTHER, MY IS FILLED, I DONT KNOW WHAT TO SAY, ALL I CANT SAY IS, TO GOD ALMIGHTY BE THE GLORY. GOD WILL GIVE AND YOUR FAMILY THE STRONG HEART TO BEAR THIS GREAT LOST IN JESUS NAME.
MY BROTHER, MY MOUTH IS FILLED, I DONT KNOW WHAT TO SAY, ALL I CANT SAY IS, TO GOD ALMIGHTY BE THE GLORY. GOD WILL GIVE AND YOUR FAMILY THE STRONG HEART TO BEAR THIS GREAT LOST IN JESUS NAME.
I pray God will grant the families to bear the tragic loss of their beloved Sons. Amen.
Be consoled
The name ALU in Igbo language means ABOMINATION and that is what this village has lived up to. A person’s name eventually defines him in life. Very Ufortunate for the families and this village.
May God comfort the berieved families and receive the souls of the departed.!
Aluu community, you shall face eternal curse and damnation for this inhuman act u meted out to these boys. Heaven will never forgive you, you will wallow in darkness until you are wiped out of the surface of this earth. Infact eh, Aluu is doomed for eternity. Wicked, heartless, and barbaric idiots!
The Word of God says, “Revenge is the Lord’s” Umuokiri,Aluu may the Good Lord visit you and your generations to come with His vengance!
I swear to God this is injustices, i d0nt think the people beating those guyz are human being, i think devil gave birth 2 dem, if am d president of Nigeria i swear those people w0nt go Free, but av a look at dis, men dis is brutality, may dia gentle soul rest in peace.
All i know is that, that so called community has murdered sleep and they will sleep no more.
This is simply man inhumanity to man.that aluu comminity will ever remain a cursed land until it takes devine intervention from God.
From Generation to Generations, the village of Aluu will never know peace, no one single human being from that village will be useful in life. Men and Women be warned, never marry from that village. That village is cursed
hmmmmmmm!!!! It’s a pity……how can people be so wicked!!!, it’s the sign of end time
May God grant them rest. Let the perpetrators this inhuman and barbaric act be brought to book because it is justice that can the wounds inflicted on the parents of the slain heros..May God protect nigerian students from the hands of blood suckers
Aluu commnuity wil neva kw peace in dat their barbaric vila
To think dat such a barbaric act can still happen in dis country sends shivers down my spine.The spate of extra judicial killings is becoming worrisome indeed.These boys are someone’s hopes and dreams.where is our conscience?ppl were taking shots wit der phones nd recording dis dastardly act on der fellow human beings.Its a big shame! This shd b thoroughly investigated nd d culprits brought to book.As for the barbarians nd d land of Allu,curse be upon dem for the blood of these young boys.dey have comitted”alu”abomination to mankind.May der souls rest in peace.
Aluu is cursed and any body dat supports dem o dis wickedness, too.
May god console d grief-stricken families, Amen!
eternal rest and God’s mercies to their souls. Amen
I thank GOD for UR final DECISION.GOD OF DAVID IBRYEOMIE WILL FIGHT FOR U.IJN.
May their soul rest in peace amen.
My heartfelt condolences goes to the parents and families of these brilliant, genius and Nigerian future hopefuls that got their lives cut short by some animals in an animal kingdom called aluu. The government should by a matter of urgency fish out those behind the evil act, prosecute them all, even if it was done by the entire city, they should be wiped out of Nigerian map. Also, the stupid policeman that asked the mob to burn them should be traced. The police department in that city knows whom they sent as response team to that arena on that ill-fated day. They should bring them out and prosecute them with others found guilty in the case. They are not worthy to be in Nigerian police uniform if they can not perform their duties. They are there while allowing the animals called aluu community to take laws into their hands by not stopping them and take these young students to their station for interrogation as to the cause of the problem, if they are actually thieves. Someone is behind this killing, these students are not thieves, and they can never be thieves.
My brother they r not thieves and they can never be, even though if they r they r not surpose to be killed worse than chickens. My heart bleeds for the family, may God give them joy again in life. As for that aluu community they have danced the dance of the spirit they will never have peace their sons must die every birthday of the boys they killed.
The failure of our police led to this. People think they should take the law into their hands because they don’t trust the police. The police proved these people right by not protecting the students. Even armed rubber has a right to be tried. This jungle approach to all issues is why we are still regarded as a 3rd world country, failed government of a useless people.
may God help us >since i saw the video my life has not been the seme. i buy every newspaper with news about the case > i am on the net morning and evening checking for information. i hope am not going crazy. I look at my sons and realise that it could have been any body. I will personally go to news paper houses and radio station if this case begin to look like stale news cos it is freash to me everyday. my kids cant sch in in this country May god save Nigeria.
i agre wit u Adeyemi, d stupid policemen shld b fished out cos dey re part of d killings and also oda animals dat were involved including d on-lookers. God ll nvr 4giv dem 4 d brutal killings unles dey repent n of course dat land(Aluu) is a cursed land. i sympatise wit d families of d 4, may d gentl soul of d deceased RIP in d bossom of our Lord Jesus n frm dis wicked n sinfl world.
my plea goes 2 our NPF/ IGP 2 pleas let justice prevail lik d case of late Cynthia Osokogu.
d testimony of d Lloyd’s family 2wrds der son struck my hat, evry1 shld prepare demslf as if dez no 2moro cos death ll somday knock at our door unxpectdly inasmuchas our ernest desire/prayer is 4 us 2 live long n attain a ripe age.we all ll go home 1 day. d moment u shut ur eyes in death….. what nxt…, where re u heading 2, tink abt dat!!!!!!.
Once again d Aluu 4, RIP
My heart felt condolence to the bereaved..this I must say is pogrom..what a bunch of beasts in human skin..I just cannot imagine this..anyway we will also hear that the town chief and the perpetrators escaped from the prison including the police men that endorsed the killings..it is a common phenomena in Nigeria..God help us…
Sure painful and pitiable. May their soul rest in perfect peace with God.
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Its really heart rendering, these children are born stars but the devil in the name of allu community murdered them. My deepest sympathy goes to the affected families with particular reference to Obuzor messer, the father of Ugonna. I wonder how he will be coping now. I pray GOD to strengthen hIm.
kevoo…u idiot
is sowin a seed ur own problem
thank God…u r a man like them,hp u someday feel wot they felt
so stupid