Police arrest man for murdering, burning friend in Enugu

Etim Ekpimah

Operatives of the Enugu State Police Command have arrested a 24-year-old man, Agbo Onuabuchi, for strangling to death and burying his friend, Peter Ukekwe, aged 44, in a shallow grave, at Amori community in Nkanu West Local Government Area.

Onuabuchi, who allegedly killed Ukekwe on 1 April 2023, is a native of Ebonyi State, but a resident at Ogidi in the Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said in a statement on Monday, 24 April 2023 that the suspect and the deceased had on the said date, travelled from Ogidi, Anambra State, to visit one Onyeka Edeh (male and native doctor).

He said: “During the night the duo left the host’s house for an unknown destination. A search was conducted but they were not found until the following morning, when the suspect was arrested at Obe community in the same LGA by the operatives serving in Nkanu West Division of the Enugu State Command, with the assistance of citizens, while he was trying to escape back to Ogidi, Anambra State.

“The suspect confessed to the crime, stating that he strangled the victim to death and buried him in a shallow grave in the bush, where his remains were exhumed and deposited in the mortuary for preservation and autopsy.

“The case was, thereafter, transferred to the Homicide Section of the State CID Enugu, where an investigation into the case was consolidated, concluded and the suspect was arraigned and remanded in the Enugu Custodial Centre for further hearing.