_Recovers remains of the deceased and her wheelchair
By Prince Wiro
The Anambra State Police operatives serving at Abagana Divisional Police Headquarters on Sunday, 26th January at about 9 am arrested four suspects including a 21-year old lady Chinenye Ekwenugo from Ifitedunu over the burning of a 74 (seventy-four) years old woman in a wheelchair at Abagana.
Spokesperson for the Command,Tochukwu Ikenga who is also a Superintendent of Police,SP didclosed that the three other suspects include Mr Uzochukwu Okeke ‘aged 47, Mr Fidel Anayo ‘aged 60
and Mr Ikenna Anene aged 54 years respectively, all from Abagana.
He stated that the operatives also recovered the burnt remains of the deceased, the wheelchair, and a casket.
“During interrogation by the Police Operatives, the suspect, Chinenye confessed that her boyfriend Ifeanyi Igwe who is currently at large and three others set the victim ablaze and got a casket to bury her before the intervention of the security operatives.
“Meanwhile, the Operatives have also initiated moves to arrest the main suspect Ifeanyi Igwe who is currently on the run. The body of the deceased has been deposited in the morgue for autopsy and further probe of the cause of the death” Ikenga said.
Meanwhile the Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam while reacting to the report of the incident sued for calm and ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department of the Command for a comprehensive investigation.