The Anambra police command says it has arrested four
suspects for reportedly burning a 74-year-old woman to death in Abagana area of
the state.
A statement on Sunday by Tochukwu Ikenga, the police
spokesperson in the state, said one of the suspects is a 21-year old lady
identified as Chinenye Ekwenugo from Ifitedunu in Dinukofia LGA of the state.
Ikenga said Ekwenugo admitted that she, along with the other
suspects and her boyfriend, who is currently on the run, carried out the act.
The police spokesperson noted that the operatives also
recovered the remains of the deceased, a
wheelchair, and casket.
He added that the command is making effort to arrest the other suspect, noting that the remains of the deceased has been deposited in a nearby morgue.
“The Anambra state police operatives serving at Abagana
divisional Police headquarters today 26/1/2024 by 9 am arrested four suspects
including a 21-year old lady Chinenye Ekwenugo from Ifitedunu over the burning
of a 74 (seventy-four) years old woman in a wheelchair at Abagana,” the
statement reads.
“The three other suspects include Uzochukwu Okeke ‘M’ aged
47, Fidel Anayo ‘M’ aged 60 and Ikenna Anene ‘M’ aged 54 years respectively,
all from Abagana. The Operatives also recovered the burnt remains of the
deceased, the wheelchair, and a casket.
“The commissioner of police CP Nnaghe Obono Itam while
reacting to the report of the incident sued for calm and ordered the immediate
transfer of the case to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal
Investigation Department of the Command for a comprehensive investigation.”
In a related development, operatives of the anti-cult unit
of the Enugwu Ukwu, arrested one Maduka Okoye over cult-related activities in
the state on Sunday.
Ikenga said the personnel also recovered three expended
cartridges of a pump action gun at a shooting scene in Ezichike community in
Abagana area of the state.
“The suspect Maduka Okoye, confessed to being a member of
Baggars Confraternity and said that he was in a beer parlour drinking with his
friends in the area when they came under attack by members of the rival cult
group identified as Axe Men Confraternity,” Ikenga said.
“Meanwhile, the Police responded swiftly and restored calm
in the area. The suspect is currently assisting the police operatives in an
ongoing operation for the possible arrest of the fleeing gang members and
already identified members of the rival cult members, especially those actively
involved in the shooting.”
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