The Enugu State Police Command has arraigned a 24-year-old man identified as Agbo Onuabuchi for strangling to death and burying his 44-year-old friend Peter Ukekwe in a shallow grave at Amori community in Nkanu West Local Government Area on the 1st of April, 2023.
It was gathered that Mr Agbo, a native of Ebonyi State who resides at Ogidi in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State was remanded in Enugu Custodial Centre after the brutal murder of the deceased.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, on Tuesday, the suspect and the deceased set out from Ogidi to visit one Onyeka Edeh, a male who happens to be a native doctor.
‘However, during the night hours, the duo left the host’s house for an unknown destination. A search was conducted, but they were not found until the following morning, when the suspect was arrested at Obe community in the same LGA, by Police Operatives serving in Nkanu West Division of Enugu State Command, with the assistance of citizens, while he was attempting to escape back to Ogidi, Anambra State.’
However, the suspect confessed to the crime and led the police operatives to the shallow grave where the deceased was buried.
His remains were exhumed and deposited to the mortuary for preservation and autopsy while the ‘case was, thereafter, transferred to the Homicide Section of the State CID Enugu, where the investigation into the case was consolidated, concluded and the suspect arraigned and remanded accordingly for further hearing.’
