The Imo Police Command has apprehended a 29-year-old man for allegedly killing his friend, harvesting and selling his vital organs to ritualists at N1.5 million.
The suspect, Emeka Egbuaba, an indigene of Ihitte–Owerre community in Orlu Local Government Area of the state was paraded alongside other suspects in the state Police command.
The State Police-Public command spokesman, Henry Okoye (ASP) who briefed journalists on behalf of the state Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Barde, on Wednesday said the case involved brutal murder and harvesting of the vital body organs of a man by his close friend.
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According to him, Emeka Egbuaba who has since confessed to being an organ trafficker allegedly killed one Sixtus Ezebudo, an indigene of Ihitte-Owerre in Orlu of Imo State.
“Intelligence led investigation and sustained follow-up to a case that was initially reported as a missing person led to the arrest of the 29-year-old male, Emeka Egbuaba by operatives of the Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit in his criminal hideout in Lagos State,’’ he said.
On interrogation, the suspect confessed that ”On 10/05/2023 at about 1630hrs, he lured the said victim to an uncompleted building in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State, killed him, and thereafter harvested his vital body organs like his lungs, heart, and private part, abandoned his corpse at the scene and escaped to Lagos State with the harvested body parts to sell for ritual purpose.
”The remains of the already decomposed body have since been recovered. We intend to carry out further DNA confirmatory tests on it. The suspect is here to interact with you. This is not a crime of passion but a clear deliberate and premeditated murder. The case will be charged to court upon completion of a diligent investigation.”
Similarly, Mr Okoye also mentioned the arrest of a 22-year-old who had allegedly killed his partner for cheating him out of his share of $3000 being a proceed of cybercrime deal (Yahoo).
According him, ”Following a case of murder that was reported at the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department (SCIID), an analysis by the Command’s Forensic Experts led to the arrest of a 22year old Obinna Ugochukwu ‘m’ who hails from Ikeduru LGA of Imo State.
”In the course of the investigation, the suspect confessed to stabbing his friend Nwachukwu Stanley ‘m’ who hails from Umuoma in Ikeduru L.G.A of Imo State, with a sharp Knife repeatedly on the upper part of his body when asleep over a misunderstanding that he failed to give him his cut of 3000 dollars they fraudulently gained in cyber-crime deal. The corpse of the victim has been deposited in the morgue for preservation. The suspect will be arraigned in court upon the conclusion of the investigation.”
