A 43-year-old businessman, Richard Nomanzi, has been k!lled in his residence in Ogbogoro, the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.
His body was found with multiple stab wounds.
The Punch reported that the metal scrap trader was discovered on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 after neighbours noticed a foul odour coming from his apartment and promptly alerted both the police and his relatives.
Neighbours entered his apartment and found his lifeless body.
“They started shouting on top of their voices,” a source narrated.
A baby mama of the deceased, who identified herself as Gift, told journalists in Port Harcourt on Thursday that she received the news with rude shock.
“My name is Gift, the mother of Favour. Favour is the child of Richard Chijioke. I got a call by 3:15 pm yesterday (Wednesday) after school while I was at my business premises. The person asked if I knew Richard Chijioke Nomanzi, and I said yes. They asked who he was to me, and I told them I have a child for him,” she said.
“They told me to come to Ogbogoro immediately. When I arrived, I saw his corpse at the front of his door. When they turned him over, I was horrified, he had been stabbed all over his face and stomach, with a deep cut across his neck.
“With the help of the police, we took him to the mortuary. All I want right now is justice for him and his child.”
Policemen at the Ozuoba Police Division under the Choba Area Command are now investigating the case.
