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Word: nwakriko (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sidekicks, Chief Idaka Igboji, faced trial for murder, along with ten accomplices. A steady stream of witnesses -those who dared talk-told tales of death by drowning or burying alive. Finally there unrolled the story of the specific murder in question-that of a farmer named Nwakriko Abam. Abam, according to prosecution testimony, had been invited around for drinks by some of the chief's men. Suddenly his hosts seized him and slowly strangled him with a chain. His body was then brought before Chief Igboji, dismembered, tied to the victim's own bicycle, and flung into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NIGERIA: The Chief Says . . . | 8/4/1958 | See Source »

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