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Police Nab Suspected Killers Of INEC Official

Police have arrested suspected killers of an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Anambra State, Osita Duruoha.

Gatekeepers News reports that the State’a Commissioner of Police, Echeng Echeng paraded no fewer than 20 suspects arrested in connection with various crimes in the state.

Three of the suspects, Nwobodo Obumneme, Malachi Uzorchukwu and Ifesinachi Ogechukwu, were said to have been arrested in connection with the killing Duruoha.

Obumneme told journalists that the gang strangled Duruoha with the aim of dispossessing him of his shuttle bus.

Duruoha, who was declared missing in September, was later found dead in the Isuaniocha community in Awka North Local Government Area of the state.

Confessing to the crime, Obumneme said, “We hired him to use his shuttle bus to take us to Urum from Ifite; our intention was to steal his bus, but later we had to strangle him to take the bus.”

While briefing journalists, the Commissioner of Police, Echeng, said suspects would be charged to court.

Echeng called on criminal elements in the state to leave, vowing that they would be hunted down.

He, therefore, urged citizens to continue to go about their lawful businesses and give prompt information about criminal activities within their domain to law enforcement agencies for appropriate action.

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