A 23-year-old man Emmanuel Nwafor and a 21-year-old man Chukwuebuka Obi were arrested on the assassination of a 45-year-old man, Mr Enoch Nwosu, whose corpse was abandoned in a forest in Amichi, State of Anambra.
The two suspects linked to the murder of the middle-aged man which occurred on Sunday July 5, were also accused of stealing his Lexus SUV.
Anambra State Police Command spokesperson SP Haruna Mohammed who announced the arrest also stated that the investigation had begun.
The statement read;
“On the 9/7/2020 following actionable intelligence, police operatives attached to Ichi Division arrested one Emmanuel Nwafor ‘m’ aged 23 years and Chukwuebuka Obi ‘m’ aged 21years all of Amichi town in Nnewi South LGA of Anambra State.
Suspects had on the 5/7/2020 allegedly robbed and killed one Enoch Nwosu ‘m’ aged about 45 years of Enugwu-Aja village Ichi who left his house since Saturday 4/7/2020 with his Lexus 330 Jeep with Reg No.ZBL 38RL.
Meanwhile, Scene of crime was visited by Police detectives while the body was recovered at Amichi forest and deposited at the mortuary after it was certified dead by a medical doctor.
Consequently,the robbed Lexus Jeep and other valuables were also recovered from the suspects in Asaba and registered as exhibit.Case under investigation after which the Suspects and their fleeing accomplices would be brought to book.
