Police Arrests Killer Of Tricycle Rider

Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of Chizoba Nwoye for allegedly kidnapping and subsequent killing of a tricycle rider, Dumebi Oforkansi.

The Command Spokesperson, SP Haruna Mohammed, while confirming the arrest of the suspect, said that the police also recovered the corpse of the deceased buried in a shallow grave.

He said, “on the 2/10/2019, a Keke rider one Dumebi Oforkansi ‘m’ aged 25 years of Ubarunisionye village, unknown persons kidnaped Nando in Anambra East Local Government Area and taken away along with his tricycle (Keke) while operating it for commercial purpose.”

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According to him, following the intelligence report, Police operatives attached to the Command State Intelligence Bureau (SIB) swung into action and arrested one Chizoba Nwoye ‘m’ aged 29 years of Achalla-agu village, Nteje in Oyi LGA of the state, who confessed that himself and one Ezennia Nweke ‘m’ alias ‘ABADA” aged about 25 years of Achalla-Agu allegedly conspired and killed the victim, buried the corpse inside the bush along Achalla-agu Nando road and made away with his keke.

“Consequently, the suspect has led a team of Police detectives to the scene where the victim was buried in a shallow grave, and his decomposing body was exhumed, certified by a medical doctor in the presence of the deceased parents who equally identified the clothes he wore,” he said.