Anambra State Police Command has revealed that it arrested four suspects in connection with the murder of the President General of Umuoji Community in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state, Mr Silas Onyima.
Spokesperson for the State Police Command, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this on Tuesday in Awka, noting that police operatives in Ogidi and members of the Umuoji vigilante group in collaborative efforts nabbed the suspects.
Onyima was murdered in his home on Feb. 23, by some masked assailants.
’In their confession, they named four other accomplices who are now being hunted for by the Police. The Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye, who was away in Ibadan on official assignment for the opening ceremony of the 14th Biennial Police Games rushed back home when the news of the murder broke to coordinate Police effort at unravelling the crime.” Ikenga said.
He added that the mobile phone and ATM card of the deceased were recovered from the suspects.
The police spokesperson noted that the police boss has also ordered the Homicide Team in State CID to apprehend the four accomplices still on the run and unravel the motive behind the gruesome crime.
