By Jennifer John
Imo State Police Command has paraded a 29-year-old Emeka Egbuaba for the murder and Organ Trafficking of one Sixtus Ezebudo.
The suspect was one of the 53 suspects paraded by Imo State Police Commissioner, Muhammed Ahmed Barde, Wednesday for various criminal activities ranging from Kidnapping, Armed Robbery, Murder, Child stealing/Trafficking, Vandalism of electric installation, Enforcement of Sit-at-home, among others.
According to the Police Commissioner who was represented by the Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO), ASP Henry Okoye, “A case involving the very brutal murder and harvesting of the vital body organs of one SIXTUS EZEBUDO ‘m’ who hails from Ihete-Owerre in Orlu L.G.A. of Imo State, by a 29yrs old male, EMEKA EGBUABA who has since confessed that he is an Organ Trafficker.
“Intelligence-led investigation and sustained follow-up to a case that was initially reported as a missing person led to the arrest of the 29-year-old male, Sixtus Ezebudo by Operatives of the Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit in his criminal hideout in Lagos State.
“On interrogation, the suspect confessed that On 10/05/2023 at about 1630hrs, he lured the said victim to an uncompleted building in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State, killed him, and thereafter harvested his vital body organs like his lungs, heart, and private part, abandoned his corpse at the scene and escaped to Lagos State with the harvested body parts to sell for ritual purpose.
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“The remains of the already decomposed body have since been recovered. We intend to carry out further DNA confirmatory tests on it. This is not a crime of passion but a clear deliberate and premeditated murder. The case will be charged to court upon completion of a diligent investigation”.
Meanwhile the Commissioner of Police called on various stakeholders of Imo State to talk to their subjects, as Imo Police Command will not hesitate to deal ruthlessly with any subversive criminal syndicate or individual caught enforcing the unlawful sit-at-home order or perpetrating any other form of criminality.
“Members of the public are encouraged to disregard the unlawfully imposed sit-at-home order by criminal syndicate whose stock in trade is to create panic and go about their lawful business without any form of fear or intimidation, while remaining vigilant and swiftly report any criminally minded elements seen enforcing the unlawful sit-at-home order or carrying out other nefarious activities to the nearest police station or via our emergency numbers 08098880197, 0803477360”.
