The Enugu State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a man identified as Chidubem Osuagwu, for allegedly killing and stealing the car of his old lover, Amarachi Chukwu.
It was gathered that Osuagwu, is 22-year-old while the victim is 32-year-old.
According to the State Police Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe, said Police detectives serving in the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation Department, Enugu, working with police operatives in Imo Command, on Nov. 8 arrested Osuagwu within Nekede axis of Owerri in Imo.
Ndukwe said the 22-year-old was attempting to sell a Toyota Corolla car he stole from his older female after killing her at her house on Nov. 1
“Investigation revealed that the suspect and his cohort at large, had in the morning hours of the mentioned date, conspired and went to the house of the victim, attempted to make away with her Toyota Corolla key, which she resisted.
“And upon her resistance, they tied her hands, legs and mouth with clothes; locked her inside the house and made away with the car.”
He added that her remains were discovered on November 4 after the door was forcibly opened by police officers.
The suspect was arraigned in court following the completion of the investigation, and the police spokesman added that he had been remanded in the Enugu Custodial Center until the case was heard.
