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The police in New York, the United States (US), on
Tuesday arrested a suspect in connection with the killing of a Nigerian cab
driver in the Brownsville area of Brooklyn in downtown New York.
Uro Ama Orji, 54, from Ebonyi State,
was stabbed in the eye with an umbrella on June 13 by one of the two passengers
he was carrying.
The suspect was seen, through
security camera, running from the scene of the incident.
The late Orji was taken to the Brookdale
Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.
The suspect, identified as Shamel
Allen, 28, of Brooklyn, was charged with manslaughter and possession of weapon.
He was accused of the stabbing Orji
inside a cab in Brownsville on June 13.
Orji’s sister-in-law, Mrs Chinedum
Agwu, described the deceased as “a hard-working Nigerian” who had been driving
cab since he moved to Brooklyn 10 years ago.
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I blame our government,a nigerian being a taxi driver in another man's country for ten years while some illetrate politicians are here packing money with ghana must go,I cry for this poor man who was trying to make it out there and what he received was his untimely death,and I also cry for our impostor politicians,repent before the hammer strikes. (Tony13)
ReplyDeleteThis is so sad and unfortunate.
ReplyDeleteSo saD..
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