Monday, January 27, 2025 -The Anambra State Police operatives attached to Abagana Divisional Police Headquarters have arrested four suspects including a 21-year-old lady, Chinenye Ekwenugo from Ifitedunu over the burning of a 74 (seventy-four) years old woman in a wheelchair at Abagana.
The three other suspects, as confirmed by the Command’s spokesperson, SP
Tochukwu Ikenga include, Uzochukwu Okeke ‘m’ aged 47, Fidel Anayo ‘m’ aged 60
and Ikenna Anene ‘m’ aged 54 years respectively, all from Abagana.
“The Operatives also recovered the burnt remains of the deceased, the
wheelchair, and a casket. During interrogation by the Police Operatives, the
suspect, Chinenye confessed that her boyfriend Ifeanyi Igwe who is currently at
large and three others set the victim ablaze and got a casket to bury her
before the intervention of the security operatives”.
According to Ikenga, the Operatives have also initiated moves to arrest
the main suspect Ifeanyi Igwe who is currently on the run.
“The body of the deceased has been deposited in the morgue for autopsy
and further probe of the cause of the death. The state Commissioner of Police,
CP Nnaghe Obono Itam while reacting to the report of the incident sued for calm
and ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the Homicide Section of the
State Criminal Investigation Department of the Command for a comprehensive
investigation. Further developments shall be communicated, please” Ikenga
stated
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