Officers of the Nigeria Police Intelligence Response Team have arrested four suspects in connection with the abduction and gruesome killing of one Nneka Nwanyi-Sunday Kalu who was earlier reported missing and later found dead in a cassava farm on 29th August, 2021 in Ngugworo Community in Afikpo South, Ebonyi State.
The suspects arrested are; Irem Ifeanyi Mbah, Igwe Anya Chima, Okorie Okam and Emeh Kalu the husband of the deceased and the principal suspect.
Force Public Relations Office, C.P Frank Mba disclosed in a statement that investigations into the death of the victim follow complaint received from the people of Ngugworo community where the victim resided, when the decomposing body of the late Kalu was discovered in their community.
Mba said investigations by the Police team revealed that Emeh Kalu, the husband of the deceased, in a bid to fraudulently and hastily inherit his wife’s numerous assets including landed property, houses, money in bank and thriving business, procured the services of five other criminal elements to stage the abduction of his wife by luring her to meet him at a junction to pick up somethings for the house.
He added that investigations further revealed how the criminals strangled her to death after obtaining necessary information on the whereabouts of title documents and other relevant papers of her possessions.