It was a pitiable sight at the Anambra State High Court complex in Awka Thursday, as members of the family of the late Onyeka Agupugo from Agulu in Anaocha local government area of Anambra State, who was murdered by the police at a check point in Agulu on Agust 11, 2010, wept uncontrollably when a High Court Judge dismissed the case of the murder for lack of merit.
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Onyeka, 29, who was a building contractor before his death, was riding on a motorcycle with another person when the police accosted them at d popular Nwagu junction in Agulu only for one of d policemen to fire at him on d chest following a minor argument over how much to part with. Onyeka's wife, Chinenye, who was four months pregnant when d husband was murdered and her mother in-law, Mrs. Florence Agupugo, caused a stir at d court premises by shedding tears & wailing, & it took the intervention of their relations who accompanied them to court to calm them down. They had gone to court to enforce d fundamental right of their husband and son.