Imo State Police Command says its operatives have arrested one Chinenye Nwaneri of No 43 Christ Church Road, Owerri, for allegedly murdering his girlfriend, Chienyenwa Nnodua and dumping the corpse in a gutter.
This disclosure was contained in a press statement endorsed by the Public Relations Officer of the Command, (PPRO) Henry Okoye and made available to The Statesman which also revealed that the command also arrested one Onwuhara Nwachukwu for stabbing a 57 yr-old man, Theophilus Ukwe to death.
According to the press statement, Nwachukwu stabbed Ukwe to death over a minor dispute.
The statement partly read: “Following a distress call received from Bishop Silas Anoruo ‘m’ on 7/1/2024, that the lifeless body of a young lady was seen inside a gutter in front of his uncompleted building at Madumere Street, Christ Church Road, Owerri, Operatives of Owerri Urban Divisional Headquarters mobilized to the scene, recovered the corpse and deposited same at Imo State for autopsy.
Preliminary investigation unveiled the identity of the deceased as Chienyenwa Nnodua and further revealed that she was seen last with her alleged lover, Chinenye Nwaneri ‘m’, of No 43 Christ Church Road, Owerri, trekking down to his house very late in the night on 5/01/2024”.
He said the information raised the suspicion which prompted the determined operatives to invite Chinenye Nwaneri, a member of the Umuodu vigilante group for questioning.
“On interrogation, Chinenye Nwaneri initially denied knowing the deceased, but later confessed after he was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) that he was with the deceased the night before she was found dead in a gutter, but denied that she was his lover”.
According to the statement, competent witnesses, including the sister of the deceased and a vigilante member who was on night guard duty with him volunteered statements to the Police. The sister of the deceased stated that the suspect was her late sister’s boyfriend for four years, narrating further that her sister informed her on 5/02/2024 that she was going to spend a night in the suspect’s house.
Also according to the statement, the vigilante who was on night duty with the suspect stated that he saw him at midnight with the deceased along Christ Church Road while on foot patrol.
The statement further read, “Investigation is still ongoing, the body of the deceased has been sent to a forensic pathologist to ascertain the cause of death. The case will be charged to court pending the outcome of the investigation”.
Continuing, the statement read, “In another development, operatives of Imo State Police Command arrested one Onwuhara Nwachukwu, ‘m’, 27 yrs for stabbing to death one Theophilus Ukwe ‘m’ 57yrs over a minor dispute.
“On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime stating that he gave the deceased a severe machete cut on his body which resulted in his death, because the deceased approached him with a cutlass on his farm while he was harvesting his palm fruit”.
The Imo State Police Command Public Relations Officer, through the statement gave an assurance that the suspect will certainly have his day in court, after the police investigators must have concluded their investigation.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police Imo State Command, CP Aboki Danjuma has assured the general public that the Command will continue to work tirelessly in providing maximum safety and security for all and sundry in the State.
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