By Adadareporters
One Ibe Obasi, 38, has been arrested for allegedly murdering one Ebuka Udemba, 25, an indigene of Umuokpa in Obowo LGA of Imo State.
Obasi, owner of Our Guest House, Umulogho, Obowo, was arrested by operatives of Obowo Divisional Headquarters over his alleged involvement in the murder of Udemba.
DSP Henry Okoye, the police PRO of Imo State Police, said, “Preliminary investigations revealed that the victim was tortured and locked up inside the generator room of the guest house by the suspect and two others, at large, where he suffocated to death, on the accusation of stealing a customer’s handset.”
Okoye said the suspect had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Owerri, for consolidation of the ongoing investigation.
He has provided useful information that will assist the operatives in arresting all the suspects in connection to the case, Okoye said.
Meanwhile, the commissioner of police, Imo State Command, CP Aboki Danjuma, has tasked the deputy commissioner of police in charge of SCID to carry out a comprehensive investigation to ascertain the remote circumstances surrounding the death of the victim and ensure that all the suspects involved are arrested and made to face the full wrath of the law.
While commiserating with the families, friends, and relatives of the victim, the CP condemned the cruel act and called on the people of Obowo LGA, particularly the residents of Umulogho, to refrain from takin g laws into their hands as the command ‘is on top of the situation and has commenced a thorough investigation to apprehend the suspects linked to the case of murder and bring them brought to book’.
