Trial of driver accused of bishop’s murder opens in Ibusa
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Tribune Online
The Delta State High Court has opened in Ibusa, near Asaba, the trial of Uchenna Nicholas Obiagwu, a driver accused of killing his employer, Bishop Clarence Chinedu Okonkwo, in May 2026. The first witness, Pastor Tippa Wealth, said he learned of the murder three weeks after the defendant was hired, according to Tribune Online.
The Delta State High Court, sitting in Ibusa, on Thursday opened the trial of Uchenna Nicholas Obiagwu, a driver accused of murdering his employer, Pentecostal Bishop Clarence Chinedu Okonkwo, founder of the End-Reconciliation ministry in Asaba. The prosecution called its first witness, Pastor Tippa Wealth, according to Tribune Online.
Wealth said he ran the agency through which Obiagwu was recruited as a driver. He said he was informed, about three weeks after the defendant was hired, that the latter had allegedly killed his employer. The prosecution alleges that the bishop was attacked and beaten to death with a pestle at his home in Ibusa before his driver fled with his Toyota Land Cruiser and phones, according to Tribune Online.
Obiagwu and his brother were later arrested in Nkpor, Anambra State, as they allegedly tried to sell the vehicle for 10 million naira. The defendant allegedly told investigators that armed kidnappers had forced him to take part in the attack and had made him allow them to enter the residence, according to Tribune Online.
The trial was adjourned to 26 November 2026. The prosecution is expected to call four additional witnesses then, according to Tribune Online. Clarence Chinedu Okonkwo was murdered on 12 May 2026 in Ibusa, near Asaba.
