The Imo Police Command has arrested a man Chinenye Nwaneri accused of killing and dumping the corpse of his girl friend Chienyenwa Nnodua in a gutter.
The police alleged that the lover Chinenye Nwaneri ‘m’, of No 43 Christ Church Road, Owerri, was seen trekking down to his house very late on September 5.
This, the police said, in a statement on Wednesday by the police public relations officer, Henry Okoye, prompted the operatives to invite the suspect for questioning.
He said: “Following a distress call received from Bishop Silas Anoruo ‘m’ on 7/1/2024, that the lifeless body of a young lady was seen inside a gutter in front of his uncompleted building at Madumere Street, Christ Road, Owerri, Operatives of Owerri Urban Divisional Headquarters mobilized to scene, recovered the corpse and deposited same at mortuary for autopsy.
“Preliminary investigation, unveiled the identity of the deceased as Chienyenwa Nnodua and further revealed that she was seen last with her alleged lover Chinenye Nwaneri ‘m’, of No 43 Christ Church Road, Owerri, trekking down to his house very late in the night on 5/01/2024. This raised suspicion which prompted the determined operatives to invite Chinenye Nwaneri a member of the Umuodu vigilante group for questioning.
“On interrogation, Chinenye Nwaneri initially denied knowing the deceased but later confessed after he was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) that he was with the deceased the night before she was found dead in a gutter but denied that she was not his lover.”
He said competent witnesses, including the sister of the deceased and a vigilante member who was on night guard duty with the suspect volunteered statements to the Police.
“The sister of the deceased stated that the suspect was her late sister’s boyfriend for four years, narrating further that her sister informed her on 5/02/2024 that she was going to spend a night in the suspect’s house. The vigilante who was on night duty with the suspect stated that he saw him at midnight with the deceased along Christ Church Road while on foot patrol.”
He disclosed that while investigation is still ongoing, the body of the deceased has been sent to a forensic pathologist to ascertain the cause of death, adding that the case would be charged to court pending the outcome of the investigation.
In another development, Operatives of Imo State Police Command arrested one Onwuhara Nwachukwu, ‘m’, 27 yrs for stabbing to death one Theophilus Ukwe ‘m’ 57yrs over a minor dispute.
“On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime stating that he gave the deceased a severe machete cut on his body which resulted in his death because the deceased approached him with a cutlass on his farm while he was harvesting his palm fruit.
He said the suspect would appear in court.
