My Father, Pa. Ayomike, Wife Were Cruelly Murdered – Son Of Choral Director

Itse Ayomike, son of the late Warri Choral Society founder, Pa Joseph Ayomike, has lamented  how his father was cruelly killed by yet-to-be identified assailants.

BIGPENNGR had reported that the decomposing corpses of the Octogenarian and his wife Dr. Chinyere, were found Monday in their Warri, Delta State residence.

Sources disclosed that the couple may have been killed by suspected invaders who reportedly shot and macheted them to death before fleecing the house, which was then locked.

According to reports, the fleeing suspects reportedly carted away valuables, including two exotic cars belonging to the late couple.

The source said that having murdered the classical music lover and his wife, the suspected assassins allegedly locked the victims in one of their rooms in the compound and fled with the items.

The deceased were reportedly found on Monday following a foul smell in the neighbourhood, a development which prompted residents and police to break into the apartment where the couple were discovered dead and their corpses decomposing.

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Giving a graphic narration of how the assailants murdered the old man and his wife, Itse, in a video clip circulating on social media, said they were killed in their bedroom by yet-to-be identified assailants.

“It is with a heavy heart that I announce the death of my great father, Mr. Joseph Ayomike, who was found together with his wife brutally murdered in his bedroom this morning (Monday). He was found cut with matchetes and stabbed. May his soul rest in peace. May her soul rest in peace,” he stated in the 36 seconds video.

BIGPENNGR reports that the incident which has since been confirmed by the spokesman of the Delta State Police Command, DSP Edafe Bright, have drawn ire of many Itsekiris who condemned the brutal murder.

Condoling with the Ayomikes who hail from Ugborodo, Warri South West of Delta, the immediate past governor of Delta state, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, chairman of Warri South council area, Dr. Michael Tidi, the Ologbotsere of Warri Kingdom, Chief Ayirimi Emami among other Itsekiri leaders called for thorough investigation into the incident.

Dr. Uduaghan whose wife, Roli is a niece of the late octogenarian, said he was “heart-wrenched over the barbaric murder of the 86-year old man, his wife and tasked security agencies to launch a rapid and thorough investigation into the murder.

The Ologbotsere of Warri Kingdom, Chief Ayirimi Emami, called on the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, and other relevant security agencies to immediately commence thorough investigation with a view to unmasking the cause(s) of the controversial death of Pa Joe Ayomike and his wife, Chi-Chi Ayomike.

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Chief Emami expressed shock over the death of the eminent couple, saying the late Pa Joe Ayomike was a prominent and elderly Itsekiri man, whom he said “stood for truth, fairness and justice at all times, irrespective of whose ox is gored”.

He vowed to ensure that “justice is not only said to be served, but seen to be served”, adding: “Itsekiri Nation will not tolerate a situation where the lives of its indigenes will be smoked out in cold blood, without any form of provocation.”

Also, chairman of the Itsekiri Leaders of Thought (ILoT), Chief Edward Ekpoko, urged the police to get to the root of the deaths.

Similarly, Warri South Council chairman, Dr Michael Tidi, has vowed to work with relevant authorities to bring the perpetrators to book.

In a statement by his media aide, Francis Sadhere, the chairman condoled with the family and the entire Itsekiri nation for the loss.

Pa Ayomike was a classic music lover, an Economist graduate of the London School of Economics and founder of Agura Hotel in Abuja.

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He was the younger brother of late renowned Itsekiri historian, late Johnson Oritsegbubemi Sunday Ayomike, popularly known as Pa JOS Ayomike.

His wife fondly called Chi-Chi was a senior lecturer in the Department of Music, Delta State University (DELSU) Abraka.

The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, maintained that no arrest have been made by Tuesday, but efforts are ongoing to unravel the cause of their deaths.