Two undergraduates of one of the South East state university
have been arrested by Enugu State Police Command over the murder of a Nigerian
woman based in the U.S.
According to the statement issued by the Command, the
suspects identified as James Okoh and Victor Uchenna Okefie are both helping
the operatives of the Anti Kidnap Unit of the Enugu state command of the
Nigeria police Force in their investigations in relation to their role leading
to the untimely death of a lady identified as Mrs stella Uhuo who was trapped
in Enugu on the day of her arrival from United states of America where she had
gone for vacation.
It was gathered that on that fateful day, 14th November,
2015, deceased person Stella Ohuo had allegedly contacted James Okoh, a final
year sociology student of the said university and from Amata in Afikpo local
Government Area of Ebonyi state whom she had known for long and usually assist
the deceased in cab activities and other commercial errands, that she will be
landing from the US trip to Enugu Airport on that fateful day. James was to
convey her to Abakiliki and deliver some luggage given to her by some friends
in United state of America.
On the said day, Okoh came to the Airport with his friend
identified as Victor Uchenna Okefie in a Volvo car alongside some family
members of the deceased who came to welcome her. On arrival at the Airport,
personal luggage of the deceased was said to have been put in the car brought
by the family while the ones to be taking to Abakiliki were loaded into the
boot of the volvo car with registration number LAGOS EKY 855 CY. It was further
gathered that the family members had allegedly left with the personal luggage
of the deceased while Okoh, Okefie left with the deceased and some luggage to
Abakiliki.
Along the way, okoh and okefie diverted the car off the busy
Enugu Abakiliki Expressway to a road side off the expressway at about 10AM of
that fateful day,a nd at that juncture it became obvious to the deceased that
something is wrong. To Okoh and Okefie that was a ripe time for them to execute
their illicit plan of dispossessing the deceased of all the luggage contained
in the car but resistance was shown which saw the deceased being beaten while
in the car by the two of men until the deceased gave up her ghost.
On noticing that the woman had given up her ghost, they
quietly and smartly brought her to a dust bin located near Enugu/ Abakiliki
Expressway and dumped her body there and left with the luggage and ransacked
all the items contained therein including some dollars, male cloths and ipads
amongst others and fled.
Suspects have been at large since the commission of the
dastardly act until the operatives who had been on their trail recently nabbed
Okoh on 29th january,2016 in his hostel at Ebonyi state while okefie was
trailed to his parents house at Ajaokuta in Kogi state on January 31,2016 where
he was nabbed.To suspects,they are regretting their illicit act pointing out
that it was not their intention to kill the woman but to collect the luggage
and escape but the resistance of the woman made them to try to beat her up so
that it can be weak and that way paved way for their smooth operation but it is
unfortunate that the woman died. Suspects however are begging for forgiveness.
Meanwhile,deceased is said to have been helping okoh one of
the suspects for many years back before this incident and that was why she had
the trust of calling him to convey her as usual to Abakiliki and Unknown to her
that okoh and okefie had perfected arrangement to take her to the great beyond.
A full scale investigations have commenced into the alleged
incident just as the deceased dead body has been in a nearby mortuary pending
the conclusion of the investigations.
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