Ben Ezechime, Enugu
The Enugu State Command says it has arrested a male suspect for criminal conspiracy, murder and armed robbery in the state.
DSP Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Enugu.
Ndukwe further said that the suspect has subsequently been arraigned in Court and remanded.
He said: “The Enugu State Police Command reports the arraignment and remand of Tsehemba Joshua, a 30-year-old male suspect, for alleged armed robbery and murder of a 19-year-old scrap scavenger, Yusuf Ibrahim.
“Joshua is accused of conspiring with two accomplices, currently at large, to rob and strangle the victim. He has been remanded to the Enugu Correctional Custodial Centre following his court appearance.
“The suspect was arrested by operatives from the Udenu Police Division of the Command, following a community alert regarding a shallow grave discovered in a bush at Ojo River in Ogbodu-Aba, Obollo Community, Udenu LGA.
“The suspect confessed to luring the victim under the pretence of selling a scrap motor vehicle propeller before robbing him of N100,000, strangling and burying his body in a shallow grave, on October 2, 2024.
“After a thorough investigation of the case by the Campus Monitoring/Anti-Cultism Section of the State CID Enugu, the suspect was arraigned and subsequently remanded, pending further court proceedings.”
