…Recovers Decomposed Body Of victim
The Anambra State Police Command has apprehended three suspects who purportedly murdered and buried a middle-aged man, identified as Henry Okam, from Okija, Ihiala local government area of Anambra State.
According to the Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr. John B. Abang, it took intensified manhunt to arrest the suspects.
In press release made available to The Story, on Sunday 6th September 2020, by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Haruna Mohammed, said: “On the 5/9/2020 following intensive manhunt and actionable intelligence, police operatives attached to the Command Special Anti Robbery Squad(SARS) arrested the syndicate”.
Mr. Abang, gave the names of the suspects which includes a female, Obasi Faith Ezinne, a 23 years old female of Mbaitolu Imo State, Ntomchukwu Anabaraonye, 33 years of Okija and Abuchi Obinna, 26 years of Ihiala.
Image maker said: “The Suspects had on the 30/8/2020 allegedly abducted one Henry Okam ‘m’ aged 34years of Okija in Ihiala local government area of Anambra State.
“They also killed the victim with a pomp action gun and subsequently buried him in a shallow grave”, he said.
Meanwhile, the suspects who voluntarily confessed to the crime, took operatives to a thick forest in Ihiala where the decomposing body of the victim was exhumed and recovered to the mortuary for autopsy after it was certified dead by a medical doctor.
“The pomp action used by the suspects in perpetrating the henious crime including the victim’s phones were also recovered in their posession and registered as exhibits.
“The case under investigation after which the suspects and their accomplices would be brought to book”, the police boss, assured.
The Commissioner of Police however, reiterates his clarion call that there is no hiding place for criminals in Anambra State, saying that the Command under his watch would continue to fish out and deal decisively with criminal elements in accordance with the law until they repent or relocate from the State.
