- However, five persons connected to the incident, including Igwe’s 21-year-old girlfriend, Chinenye Ekwenugo, have been arrested by the police in the State.
In Anambra State, a 74-year-old woman has been burned to death by some suspected ritualists in Abagana, Dunukofia Local Government Area of the southeastern State.
The suspect reportedly procured a coffin and buried deceased, who used a wheelchair, immediately after setting her ablaze.
A source claimed that the woman was suspected to have been burnt for ritual purposes by one Ifeanyi Igwe, who is now on the run.
However, five persons connected to the incident, including Igwe’s 21-year-old girlfriend, Chinenye Ekwenugo, have been arrested by the police in the State.
The Public Relations Officer of the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, clarified the situation in a press release, stating that three of the four arrested persons were linked to the procurement of the coffin and burial of the victim.
His statement read: “The Anambra State Police operatives serving at Abagana Divisional Police Headquarters today, 26/1/2024, at 9 am arrested four suspects, including a 21-year-old lady, Chinenye Ekwenugo, from Ifitedunu.
“They were arrested over the burning of a 74-year-old woman in a wheelchair in Abagana.
“During interrogation, the suspect Chinenye confessed that her boyfriend, Ifeanyi Igwe, who is currently at large, and three others set the victim ablaze and procured a casket to bury her before the intervention of the security operatives.
“Efforts have been initiated to apprehend the main suspect, Ifeanyi Igwe, who is still on the run. The body of the deceased has been deposited in the morgue for autopsy and further investigation into the cause of death.”
Ikenga provided the names of the other three suspects as Uzochukwu Okeke, 47, Fidel Anayo, 60, and Ikenna Anene, 54, all of them male and from Abagana.
Commissioner of Police Nnaghe Obono Itam, while reacting to the incident, called for calm and ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department for a comprehensive investigation
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