The police command in Imo State has arrested one Chinenye Nwaneri, a member of the Umuodu vigilante group over alleged involvement within the homicide of a younger girl, Chienyenwa Nnodu, whose lifeless physique was seen inside a gutter in entrance of an uncompleted constructing at Madumere Road, Christ Street.
In an announcement on Wednesday by Henry Okoye, spokesperson of the command, “CP Aboki Danjuma, the state police commissioner, mentioned an investigation revealed that she was seen final along with her alleged lover Chinenye Nwaneri ‘m’, of No 43 Christ Church Street, Owerri, trekking all the way down to his home very late within the night time on 5/01/2024.”
He mentioned, “Following a misery name obtained from Bishop Silas Anoruo ‘m’ on 7/1/2024, that the lifeless physique of a younger girl was seen inside a gutter in entrance of his uncompleted constructing at Madumere Road, Christ Street, Owerri, Operatives of Owerri City Divisional Headquarters mobilized to scene, recovered the corpse and deposited similar at Imo State for post-mortem.
“The preliminary investigation unveiled the identification of the deceased as Chienyenwa Nnodua and additional revealed that she was seen final along with her alleged lover Chinenye Nwaneri ‘m’, of No 43 Christ Church Street, Owerri, trekking all the way down to his home very late within the night time on 5/01/2024.
“This raised suspicion which prompted the decided operatives to ask Chinenye Nwaneri, a member of the Umuodu vigilante group, for questioning.
“On interrogation, Chinenye Nwaneri initially denied understanding the deceased however later confessed after he was transferred to the State Prison Investigation Division (SCID) that he was with the deceased the night time earlier than she was discovered useless in a gutter however denied that she was his lover.
“Competent witnesses, together with the sister of the deceased and a vigilante member who was on night time guard obligation with him, volunteered statements to the police.
“The sister of the deceased acknowledged that the suspect was her late sister’s boyfriend for 4 years, narrating additional that her sister knowledgeable her on 5/02/2024 that she was going to spend an evening within the suspect’s home.
“The vigilante who was on night time obligation with the suspect acknowledged that he noticed him at midnight with the deceased alongside Christ Church Street whereas on foot patrol.
“Investigation remains to be ongoing; the physique of the deceased has been despatched to a forensic pathologist to establish the reason for dying. The case might be charged to courtroom pending the end result of the investigation.”
