The Ologbotsere of Warri Kingdom, Chief Ayirimi Emami, has called on the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, and other relevant security agencies to immediately commence thorough investigation with a view to unmasking the cause(s) of the controversial death of Pa Joe Ayomike and his wife, Chi-Chi Ayomike.
Pa Ayomike is the younger brother of late renowned Itsekiri historian, late Johnson Oritsegbubemi Sunday Ayomike, popularly known as Pa JOS Ayomike.
It was gathered that Joe Ayomike and his wife were on Monday discovered dead with their corpses decomposing in their residence at GRA, beside Nana College, Warri in Delta State.
It was still sketchy as at press time how the couple died, but their decomposing remains were found Monday in their Warri, Delta State residence.
Sources disclosed that the couple may have been killed by suspected invaders who reportedly shot and macheted them to death before fleecing the house, which was then locked.
According to reports, the fleeing suspects reportedly carted away valuables, including two exotic cars belonging to the late couple.
The source said that having murdered the classical music lover and his wife, the suspected assassins allegedly locked the victims in one of their rooms in the compound and fled the items.
The deceased were reportedly found on Monday following a foul smell in the neighbourhood, a development which prompted residents and police to break into the apartment where the couple were discovered dead and their corpses decomposing.
The spokesman of the Delta State Police Command, DSP Edafe Bright, who confirmed the incident, said no arrest has been made so far.
Meanwhile in a swift reaction, Chief Emami expressed shock over the death of the eminent couple, saying the late Pa Joe Ayomike was a prominent and elderly Itsekiri man, whom he said “stood for truth, fairness and justice at all times, irrespective of whose ox is gored”.
He vowed to ensure that “justice is not only said to be served, but seen to be served”, adding: “Itsekiri Nation will not tolerate a situation where the lives of its indigenes will be smoked out in cold blood, without any form of provocation.”
Late Joe Ayomike, who attended London School of Economics and Political Science and lived in England, founded the Warri Choral Society, where he used to organise a two-hour concert, conducted by his wife, Chi-Chi Ayomike.