Four suspects who allegedly kidnapped and murdered a commuter identified as Onyekachi Obioma Chukwuagu, along East/West Road to Rumuodogo 1 Community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, have been arrested by the Police.
The Police named the suspects 20-year-old Obichi Ngita, 20-year-old Chisom Honest, 21-year-old Young Chitu, and 23-year-old Omens Woke.
According to the Police, on the 22nd of March, 2022, while pretending to be regular passengers, the suspects boarded the victim’s vehicle. When they got to a quiet area, they kidnapped the victim and abandoned the vehicle with Reg. No. GDD 250 MU, by the roadside.
“The Command upon receipt of the complaint swiftly mobilized operatives to the scene where they cordoned off the area and commenced an intensive search resulting in the arrest of Chisom Honest, who led Operatives to the rest of the gang, and the location of the victim’s corpse.
“The suspects claimed they murdered the victim with a machete for refusing to cooperate with them,” the Acting Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Grace Iringe-Koko, stated.
Meanwhile, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Eboka Friday, while condoling the family of the deceased for the unfortunate loss, assured that the suspects would be arraigned in Court on completion of the investigation.
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