Operatives of Rivers State Police Command have apprehended four suspects involved in the kidnapping and murdered of a commuter Mr. Onyekachi Chukwuagu, along East West Road Rumuodogo Community axis in Emohua Local Government Area of the State.
The suspects Obichi Ngita 20year old, Chisom Honest aged 20 years, Young Chitu age 21 years and Omens Woke 23 years on Tuesday, 22nd March, 2022.
Acting Police Public Relations Officer Mrs Grace Iringe-Koko in a statement said the suspects pretended to be regular passengers, boarded the victim’s vehicle. However, when they got to a quiet part of the route, kidnapped the victim and abandoned the vehicle, with Reg. No. GDD 250 MU by the roadside.
According to the statement, 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 one of the suspects Chisom Honest, who led operatives to the rest of the gang, and the location of the victim’s corpse.
The police spokesman explained that the suspects claimed they murdered the victim, using a machete, for refusing to cooperate with them while efforts are being intensified to apprehend other suspects indicted in the matter with a view to concluding the investigations.
She added that the Commissioner of Police, Mr.Eboka Friday while condoling with the family of the deceased, assured the suspects would be arraigned in court on completion of investigation in line with his commitment to the cause of justice.
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