A NIGERIAN KILLER, SENTENCED!

A starry-eyed 'wild-beast' killer who stabbed a budding Nigerian boxer to death in November 9, 2005 was sentenced to 12 years in prison today! The ragamuffin, Michael Chambliss, 51, pictured right was a former Las Vegas city planner and longtime political activist. Icheoku says, judging from his scruffy looks, may be Michael is a candidate for a lunatic asylum and not a prison yard; as he looks like an act on Cuckoo's Nest?

His victim was a 26-year-old Nigerian, Vincent Ekeoba Moses who was working at a 7-Eleven store on Torrey Pines Drive, near Charleston Boulevard, Las Vegas, United States of America until Micheal Chambliss decided to take his life over a woman? The vicious attack was captured on CCTV (close circuit television) which forced Micheal to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter with a deadly weapon last June?

Like all male species, the two were 'fighting' over the ownership of a female, Jocelyn Nixon! According to the narrative, Jocelyn Nixon was two-timing both men and was with Moses at the store when Michael trailed her there. He arrogantly gave Ms. Nixon an affectionate bear-hug in front of Moses, infuriated like any male in the circumstance, he had to defend his woman? But it would appear that Moses forgot or ignored his boxing trainer's advise that, "If you have a street fight, just walk away, as it's better to be a coward walking than a brave man dying."

The story continues that it was a male-testosterone jealousy that started the fight. Vincent Ekeobi Moses, pictured here left, who worked at the 7-Eleven store had a romantic relationship with the store's owner, Ms. Jocelyn Nixon, who in turn was herself romantically involved with the killer, Micheal Chambliss? A love tryst gone wrong? Moses had caught his lover red-handed on November 9, 2005 hugging affectionately Micheal Chambliss, and demanded to know from Ms. Nixon whose side she is on; but as always the case with deers caught on the headlights, she fidgeted and lied that they (Micheal and herself) are 'just friends?' Moses then accosted the trespassing he-goat now turned killer, over what was going on, but as cold and calculated killer he is, he would not open his lips to answer 'this African?'

Infuriated, Moses smacked his woman on the head with an open right hand knocking off her hat to the floor, which led to Michael's intervention; but he was shoved out by Moses. Feeling depleted, Michael longed at Moses with a knife to defend his masculinity and stabbed him several times and then nonchalantly washed dying Moses' blood off his hands in a nearby sink? Moses was rushed to the county hospital where he died the next day. Icheoku says, admitted it is quite disrespectful to watch your woman 'being made out with' before your own very eyes; but is any piece of pink-flesh worth dying or killing for? And who knows who Ms. Nixon is with today, now that her double timing antics led to Moses death? Probably she now moans for yet another man, a prospective future victim or may be she is waiting for Michael Chambliss to come out of prison to continue from where she stopped?

Not necessarily a man of straw, killer Micheal Chambliss has been a paid political consultant. He managed Clark County Commissioner Yvonne Atkinson Gates' 2004 campaign and is a member of the Southern Nevada Workforce Investment Board. He is a past member of the Civilian Review Board, which investigates complaints about Las Vegas police conduct. He was a 19-year employee of the city of Las Vegas and worked with former Assemblyman Wendell Williams and current Assemblyman Morse Arberry, D-Las Vegas.

He also worked for a quasi-city agency, CETA (Comprehensive Employment Training Act) a program through which the city dispersed federal grants to social service providers that assisted with employment needs in minority communities. The relations he developed through CETA opened the door to his hiring by the city in June 1985 as a city planner. When the Neighborhood Services Department was created in 1996, Chambliss moved over to that department. Chambliss also involved in numerous projects important in his American black community, has been a community monitor of the Metropolitan Police Department's Citizen Review Board, an advisory board that investigates claims of officer misconduct. He was also the treasurer of his church, First Christian Methodist Episcopal, and is executive director of the group Black Elected Officials.

Michael Chambliss, had initially mounted a feeble explanation of self defense? Icheoku says, 'you do not stab a mad that viciously and repeatedly for six times, in self defense as that defense operates only to force the attacker to back off! More-so the silent witness showed that Moses did not attack Chambliss, hence defeating the self defense argument. Admitted that one of his political beneficiary said that, "anyone who knows Chambliss knows he is a decent, honorable man. There must be some extenuating circumstances, it is my understanding he was trying to defend a woman from being abused. He's that kind of guy?" Icheoku says, really; and what was he doing carrying a pocket knife around and at the same time Nixon was visiting her paramour in his place of work? But it would appear that Chambliss political connection got him a slap on the wrist with his initial bail amount, as the judge had set his bail at a meagre $200,000? Icheoku says, may be just another case of a foreigner living in America, whose life is always worthless and under-valued?

It is also instructive to note that Moses who came to the United States from Nigeria around 1995 was working for Ms. Nixon both as lover and as a clerk at her convenience store? What a strange irony that he found a sugar-mommy in Ms. Nixon and gave up his life because of her? His boxing records showed a pro record of 4 wins and 16 losses? Icheoku says, so much for a boxer? His boxing coach, Tapia described his training habit as poor and in his own words said, "Moses was a lazy boxer, but a very nice person."

Moses had nicknamed himself "The Bible" and sparred with everyone from former cruiser-weight champion Vassily Jirov to the man who is widely considered the world's best pound-for-pound boxer, Floyd Mayweather Jr. Moses during his lifetime, had also met and posed for photographs with former heavyweight boxing champions, both the Klitschko brothers, Vitali and Wladimir. It would appear that Vincent Ekeoba Moses is from Akwa Ibom or Cross River area of south eastern of Nigeria? In as much as we highly disapprove of the 'thing' that led to his death, we pray that by this sentence his soul will now rest in peace! Adieu Macho Moses!