A Senior Lawyer has reportedly been stabbed to death on Sunday in front of his home in Karu Site, Abuja, FCT. The lawyer, identified as Ben Chijioke Okpe, was axed deeply on his face and was stabbed straight to his heart in front of his house.
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He reportedly died instantly.
“Just directly opposite his house in a garden at Karu site he ordered for indomie as and opened his laptop, he got a call and went out he couldn’t come back as unknown people stabbed him to death,” a source said
TheNigeriaLawyer learnt that the deceased is an indigene of Obukpa, Nsukka LG A of Enugu state and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2005.
He was into private practice in FCT and a member of NBA Abuja Branch.
A source Told TheNigeriaLawyer that “We are suspecting the people he has a case in court on Monday has hand in his murder”
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