Police Arrest Man for Robbery, Murdering 19-year-old Scavenger

On Monday, the Enugu State Police Command arraigned a 30-year-old male suspect, Tsehemba Joshua for alleged armed robbery and murder of a 19-year-old scrap scavenger, Yusuf Ibrahim.

Joshua is accused of conspiring with two accomplices, currently at large, to rob and strangle the victim. He has been remanded to the Enugu Correctional Custodial Centre following his court appearance.

According to DSP Daniel Ndukwe, the suspect was arrested by operatives from the Udenu Police Division of the Command, following a community alert regarding a shallow grave discovered in a bush at Ojo River in Ogbodu-Aba, Obollo Community, Udenu LGA.

The suspect confessed to luring the victim under the pretence of selling a scrap motor vehicle propeller before robbing him of N100,000, strangling and burying his body in a shallow grave, on October 2, 2024.

Meanwhile, the suspect has been remanded pending further court proceedings.