By Tony Adibe
The Enugu State Police Command working with their counterpart in Imo State Command, said they have arrested one Osuagwu Chidubem (male) at Nekede near Owerri, capital of Imo State while attempting to sell a Toyota Corolla car he stole from his older female lover, one Amarachi Chukwu aged 32, after killing her.
The Enugu police Command said the suspect committed the crime on 01/11/2022 at the residence of the deceased at Meniru, Awkunanaw, in Enugu South Local Government Area within the Enugu metropolis.
The Enugu State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) DSP Daniel Ndukwe disclosed that “investigation has revealed that the suspect and his cohort at large, had in the morning hours of the said date conspired and visited the residence of the victim, attempted to take her Toyota Corolla key, which she resisted.” Consequently, they were said to have tied her hands, legs and mouth with clothes; locked her inside the house and drove away in her car, Ndukwe stated.
In a statement made available to newsmen on Friday night, the PPRO said: “her decomposing remains was, however, found in the said apartment on 04/11/2022, after the door was forced opened by Police Operatives serving in Ikirike Police Division of the Command, following the receipt of a report that an offensive odour was oozing out of the apartment.
“The Operatives evacuated the remains to the hospital, where doctors confirmed her dead and the corpse deposited in the mortuary for preservation and autopsy. The suspect was consequently arraigned in court upon conclusion of investigation and has been remanded in Custodial Centre custody till further hearing of the case.”
