Suspected INEC official’s killers arrested in Anambra

 

Three suspects, Nwobodo Obumneme, Malachi Uzorchukwu and Ifesinachi Ogechukwu, have been arrested by the police in connection with the killing of Osita Duruoha, an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Anambra State.

The 26-year-old Obumneme told journalists that the gang strangled Duruoha with the aim of dispossessing him of his shuttle bus.

The suspect stated this while been paraded alongside other criminal suspects by the state Commissioner of Police, Echeng Echeng, on Friday

Duruoha, before his death, was declared missing in September, but his body was later found by the roadside, in the Isuaniocha community in Awka North Local Government Area of the state.

Confessing to the crime, Obumneme said, “We hired him to use his shuttle bus to take us to Urum from Ifite; our intention was to steal his bus, but later we had to strangle him to take the bus.”

While briefing journalists, the Commissioner of Police, Echeng, said suspects would be charged to court.

The CP said the command in collaboration with vigilantes in the state also arrested four suspected electricity equipment vandals and thieves.

He called on criminal elements in the state to leave, vowing that they would be hunted down.

The police boss urged citizens to continue to go about their lawful businesses and give prompt information about criminal activities within their domain to law enforcement agencies for appropriate action.