Nigerian man, Benjamin Chibuogwu was found dead in his home in Boston. Chigbuogwu is a 57 year old indigene of Akwa in Anambra state. He lived alone in an apartment in Lowell, Massachusetts.
He was discovered when his brother who lives Seattle, Washington, couldn’t reach him for 3 days then called a mutual friend who lived in the Lowell community to go check on him. The friend went to Chigbuogwu’s house with the landlord and found his lifeless body.
Mr. Chibuogwu was living alone after being divorced from his wife and his death is said to be the latest in 3 very similar cases involving divorced Nigerian men who lived or used to live within the Lowell community. Elias Onyechi, also from Anambra state was found dead in his Lowell apartment earlier this year. He was 60, divorced with 5 children. Another Nigerian, 54-year-old Sonny Asoa, formerly resident of Lowell, died in Revere, Massachusetts. He, too, was living alone after divorcing his wife.
Chibuogwu popularly known as “Benny Chuks” briefly played professional soccer with Vasco Da Gama Football Club of Enugu before coming to the United States.
The Boston community is having a wake for him on Saturday, December 13, 2013 at St. John’s Evangelist Parish in North Chelmsford, Massachusetts, after which his body would be taken back to Nigeria for burial.
He is survived by five children, three girls and two boys.
