Ugo Nosiri, Owerrii
Irate youths of Umulogho in Obowo Local Government Area of Imo State have vowed not to relent until the death of one of them Mr. Ebuka Udemba is avenged.
Ikengaonline learned that Mr. Ebuka was allegedly tortured by a military man; the owner of Our Guest House Hotel; Mr. Ike Obasi; and another suspect who is at large, for allegedly stealing the military personnel’s phone.
The youths who went ahead to burn a part of the hotel, narrated that the deceased who had left the scene of the crime when the phone was declared missing, was called back, tortured and locked up in a generator house where he suffocated to death.
Meanwhile, Operatives of Obowo Divisional Headquarters, under the immediate order by the Commissioner of Police Imo State Command, CP Aboki Danjuma, have arrested the owner of ‘Our Guest House,’ Umulogho, Obowo, Mr. Ibe Obasi, who was allegedly involved in the murder of a 25-year-old Ebuka Udemba.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the victim was tortured and locked up inside the generator room of the said guest house by the suspect and two others at large, where he suffocated to death, on the accusation of stealing a customer’s handset.
According to a release by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Henry Okoye, the suspect who has provided useful information that will assist the determined operatives in arresting all the suspects in connection to the case, had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Owerri for consolidation of the ongoing investigation.
Meanwhile, the commissioner of Police in the state, has tasked the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of SCID to carry out a comprehensive investigation to ascertain the remote circumstances surrounding the death of the victim and ensure that all the suspects involved are arrested and made to face the full wrath of the law.
While commiserating with the families, friends, and relatives of the victim, the Commissioner of Police strongly condemns the cruel act and calls on the people of Obowo LGA, particularly the residents of Umulogho to refrain from taking laws into their hands as the Command is on top of the situation and has commenced a thorough investigation to apprehend the suspects linked to the case of murder and bring them to book.
