The lifeless body of a 43-year-old businessman, Richard Nomanzi, has been discovered with multiple knife wounds at his residence in Ogbogoro, the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.
According to Punch, 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.
Upon entering his residence, neighbours found his lifeless body and immediately raised the alarm.
“They started shouting on top of their voices,” a source narrated.
Speaking to journalists in Port Harcourt on Thursday, a woman identified as Gift, who claimed to have a child for the deceased, recounted how she received the shocking news.
“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.”
The case has been reported to the Ozuoba Police Division under the Choba Area Command.
