Man strangles friend to death and buries him in shallow grave
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A 24-year-old man strangled his 44-year-old friend to death in Enugu State, southeastern Nigeria.
The suspect, Onuabuchi Agbo, also allegedly buried the victim, Peter Ukekwe, in a shallow grave on April 1 in Amori, a community in the Nkanu West Local Government Area of the state.
Enugu State Police Spokesman Daniel Ndukwe revealed this in a statement on Monday.
Mr. Ndukwe, an assistant superintendent of police, said the suspect had been arrested and brought to justice.
The police spokesman said Mr. Agbo, the suspect, is from Ebonyi State. But he and the victim were residing in Ogidi, a community in Idemili North Local Government Area in Anambra State.
How did it happenMr. Ndukwe said the suspect and victim traveled on April 1 from Ogidi community in Anambra state to Amori community in Nkanu West local government area in Enugu state to visit to an indigenous doctor, identified as Onyeka Edeh.
The police spokesperson said that during the night the suspect and the victim left the native doctor's house to an unknown destination.
READ ALSO:“A search was conducted but they were not found until the next morning when the suspect was arrested in Obe community in the same local government area (Nkanu West) by police officers serving in Nkanu West Division of Enugu State Command with the help of natives as he attempted to escape to Ogidi, Anambra State,” he said. declared.
The suspect confessed to strangling the victim to death and burying him in a shallow grave in a bush, police say.
ChargeMr. Ndukwe also said the victim's body has since been exhumed and taken to the morgue for preservation and autopsy.
“The case was transferred to the Homicide Section of the Enugu State Criminal Investigation Department, where the investigation into the case was consolidated, concluded and the suspect was apprehended and remanded accordingly for a new hearing," he said.
He, however, did not mention the court where the suspect was arraigned.
If found guilty, the suspect could be sentenced to death, in accordance with Nigerian law.
Several people have been sentenced to death for murder across the country in the past year.
A High Court in Aiyetoro in Ogun State, for example, sentenced a man, Adelake Bara, to death by hanging in June 2022, for shooting and killing an Olaleye Oke.
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A 24-year-old man strangled his 44-year-old friend to death in Enugu State, southeastern Nigeria.
The suspect, Onuabuchi Agbo, also allegedly buried the victim, Peter Ukekwe, in a shallow grave on April 1 in Amori, a community in the Nkanu West Local Government Area of the state.
Enugu State Police Spokesman Daniel Ndukwe revealed this in a statement on Monday.
Mr. Ndukwe, an assistant superintendent of police, said the suspect had been arrested and brought to justice.
The police spokesman said Mr. Agbo, the suspect, is from Ebonyi State. But he and the victim were residing in Ogidi, a community in Idemili North Local Government Area in Anambra State.
How did it happenMr. Ndukwe said the suspect and victim traveled on April 1 from Ogidi community in Anambra state to Amori community in Nkanu West local government area in Enugu state to visit to an indigenous doctor, identified as Onyeka Edeh.
The police spokesperson said that during the night the suspect and the victim left the native doctor's house to an unknown destination.
READ ALSO:“A search was conducted but they were not found until the next morning when the suspect was arrested in Obe community in the same local government area (Nkanu West) by police officers serving in Nkanu West Division of Enugu State Command with the help of natives as he attempted to escape to Ogidi, Anambra State,” he said. declared.
The suspect confessed to strangling the victim to death and burying him in a shallow grave in a bush, police say.
ChargeMr. Ndukwe also said the victim's body has since been exhumed and taken to the morgue for preservation and autopsy.
“The case was transferred to the Homicide Section of the Enugu State Criminal Investigation Department, where the investigation into the case was consolidated, concluded and the suspect was apprehended and remanded accordingly for a new hearing," he said.
He, however, did not mention the court where the suspect was arraigned.
If found guilty, the suspect could be sentenced to death, in accordance with Nigerian law.
Several people have been sentenced to death for murder across the country in the past year.
A High Court in Aiyetoro in Ogun State, for example, sentenced a man, Adelake Bara, to death by hanging in June 2022, for shooting and killing an Olaleye Oke.
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