Chinonso Ibekwe
Ogbonnaya Ikokwu, Umuahia
Police detectives attached to the
Umuahia Central Police Station have arrested a 200-level student of
Computer Science in Abia, Chinonso Ibekwe, for allegedly strangling a
tricycle operator, one Peter Eseonu, to death in Umuahia.
It was gathered that Ibekwe had boarded
the deceased tricycle, claiming that he was going to pick some harvested
farm produce from his mother’s farm at Amuzukwu, a suburb of the Abia
capital city.
Our correspondent gathered that the
suspect attacked his victim on arriving the farm, strangled him with a
rope and dumped his body in a ditch in the area, while he made away with
his tricycle.
It was learnt that an unnamed man, who
was defaecating in the bush, witnessed the incident and later raised the
alarm in the community.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Adeleye Oyebade, confirmed the incident to Southern City News.
Oyebade said the suspect was arrested
sequel to information received on the missing of the 67-year-old Eseonu,
who hailed from Ekenaobizi Umuopara, Umuahia.
He said police operatives swooped on the
suspect, who later gave the police information that led to the
discovery of the decomposing body of the deceased.
The CP added that the body of the
deceased had been deposited in an undisclosed morgue for preservation
and autopsy, while the 25-year-old Ibekwe had been charged to court and
remanded in the prison custody.
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