Wednesday, February 5, 2025 - The Anambra State Police Command has arrested the principal suspect, Obinna Anene, in the gruesome m8rder of a 74-year-old woman in Abagana, Njikoka Local Government Area of the state.
The victim, Alice Anene, was burnt to d3ath in her wheelchair on January
27, 2025.
Spokesperson of the command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the
development in a statement on Tuesday, February 4, said the suspect, Obinna
Anene, has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department,
Homicide SCID Section Awka for a debrief.
"The suspect: Obinna Anene 'm' aged 33yrs of Amene Village,
Abagana, who was mentioned as the principal suspect in the case of burning and
k!lling of a 74-year-old woman, Alice Anene, at Abagana on 27/01/2025, has been
arrested,” the statement read.
“He is being transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department,
Homicide SCID Section Awka for a debrief. Further details shall be
communicated.”
Four suspects, Chinenye Ekwenugo, 21, Uzochukwu Okeke,47, Fidel
Anayo, 60, and Ikenna Anene, 54, were earlier arrested for their
involvement in the criminal act while Obinna, named the principal suspect,
escaped.
The suspects initially denied knowing what happened to the elderly woman
but later accepted that they were around after the fire incident.
Chinenye confessed that her boyfriend, who is currently at large, and
three others set the victim ablaze and got a casket to bury her before the
intervention of security operatives.
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