4 arrested for allegedly burning, burying 74-yr-old woman

Four individuals have been taken into custody by the Anambra State Police in connection with the alleged ritual killing of a 74-year-old woman, who was reportedly burned to death.

The incident occurred on Saturday in Abagana, Dunukofia local government area where the woman resided.

After killing the woman, her attackers hurriedly procured a coffin and buried her to conceal the heinous crime.
A source said the woman who uses a wheelchair was suspected to have been burnt for ritual purposes by one Ifeanyi Igwe who is now at large, but five persons connected to the incident, including his 21 years old girlfriend, Chinenye Ekwenugo, were arrested.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga who confirmed the dastardly act in a press release on Sunday, said that three of the four persons arrested were linked to the procurement of a coffin and burial of the victim.

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It reads: “The Anambra State Police operatives serving at Abagana Divisional Police Headquarters today 26/1/2024 by 9 am arrested four suspects including a 21-year old lady Chinenye Ekwenugo from Ifitedunu.

“They were arrested over the burning of a 74 (seventy-four) years old woman in a wheelchair at Abagana.

“During interrogation by police operatives, the suspect, Chinenye confessed that her boyfriend Ifeanyi Igwe who is currently at large and three others set the victim ablaze and got a casket to bury her before the intervention of the security operatives.

“Operatives have initiated moves to arrest the main suspect Ifeanyi Igwe, who is currently on the run. The body of the deceased has been deposited in the morgue for autopsy and further probe of the cause of the death.”

Ikenga identified the other three suspects as Uzochukwu Okeke ‘M’ aged 47, Fidel Anayo ‘M’ aged 60 and Ikenna Anene ‘M’ aged 54 years respectively, all from Abagana.

“The Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam while reacting to the report of the incident sued for calm and ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department of the Command for a comprehensive investigation,” he said.

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