The Imo State Police Command has arrested two suspects in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a 21-year-old nursing student, Wenda Achumba, in Obowo Local Government Area of the state.
The suspects, identified as Onyema Okonkwo, 32, and Emmanuel Onyekachi, 25, both indigenes of Umuadara, Umulogho, were arrested following what the police described as sustained intelligence-led investigations carried out in collaboration with community stakeholders.
In a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Henry Okoye, the police said preliminary investigations linked the suspects to the incident, with one of them allegedly confessing to the crime.
Okoye disclosed that the suspects had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and possible prosecution.
He added that the Commissioner of Police, CP Audu Garba Bosso, assured residents that the command would ensure justice is served.
The deceased, a post-basic nursing student of Mercy College of Nursing Science, Umulogho, was reportedly found dead in her private off-campus residence in Umuadara, Umulogho.
One of the suspect, a vulcanizer reportedly asked the nurse out on a date several times and got rejected.
He and his friend waited for the perfect moment, and invaded her hostel and attacked her. They raped her repeatedly, killed her and cut off her head.
The victim, according to the youths who arrested him, bravery fought back and left ugly scratches on the the Vulcanizer’s face, a clue that helped expose him.
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