ANAMBRA Police Command has recorded another breakthrough as its operatives on Saturday apprehended a gang of criminals including a lady who abducted,, killed and buried a middle age man, Henry Okam aged 34 of Okija in Ihiala Local Government Area of the state.
SP Haruna Mohammed, PPRO, Anambra State Police Command, revealed the incident in the Command Diary on Sunday adding that the operatives recovered the decomposed body of victim buried in a shallow grave in a thick forest at Ihiala.
The statement reads;
“On the 5/9/2020 following intensive manhunt and actionable intelligence, police operatives attached to the Command Special Anti Robbery Squad(SARS) arrested the following syndicate,
(i) Obasi Faith Ezinne ‘f’ aged 23 years of Mbaitolu Imo State,
(ii) Ntomchukwu Anabaraonye ‘m’ aged 33 years of Okija and ,
(iii) Abuchi Obinna ‘m’ aged 26 years of Ihiala.
“Suspects had on the 30/8/2020 allegedly abducted one Henry Okam ‘m’ aged 34years of Okija in Ihiala LGA of Anambra State. They also killed the victim with a pomp action gun and subsequently buried him in a shallow grave.
“Meanwhile, the suspects who voluntarily confessed to the crime, took operatives to a thick forest in Ihiala where the decomposing body of the victim was exhumed and recovered to the mortuary for autopsy after it was certified dead by a medical doctor.
“Consequently, the pomp action used by the suspects in perpetrating the heinous crime including the victim’s phones were also recovered in their possession and registered as exhibits. Case under investigation after which the suspects and their accomplices would be brought to book.
“The Commissioner of Police, CP John B.Abang, fdc once again reiterates his clarion call that there is no hiding place for Criminals in Anambra State and that the Command under his watch will continue to fish out and deal decisively with criminal elements in accordance with the law until they repent or relocate from the State”.