A 200 level
computer science student,Chinonso Ibekwe, 25 has been arrested by police
detectives attached to the Umuahia Central Police Station, Abia State, for
allegedly strangling a tricycle operator, Peter Eseonu, to death.
Punchng gathered that Ibekwe had boarded the deceased tricycle,
claiming that he was going to pick some harvested farm produce from his
mother’s farm at Amuzukwu.
The suspect attacked his victim on while getting to the farm,
strangled him with a rope and dumped his body in a ditch in the area, while he
made away with his tricycle. It was learnt that an unnamed man, who was defecating
in the bush, witnessed the incident and later raised the alarm in the
community.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Adeleye Oyebade, confirmed
the incident. Oyebade said the suspect was arrested sequel to information
received on the missing Eseonu.
He said police operatives swooped on the suspect, who later gave
the police information that led to the discovery of the decomposing body of the
deceased. Ibekwe has been charged to court and remanded in the prison custody.
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