The Delta State Police Command said it has arrested two persons, including a prominent Abraka chief, in connection with the reported murder of an 18-year old girl, Favour Ogheneyenrowho.
It would be recalled that the body of Ogheneyenrowho was found tied up in a ‘Ghana-must-go’ sack and dropped at a refuse site behind Ozoro Park in Abraka on June 18.
Police spokesman DSP Onome Onowakpoyeya, in a statement, said two suspects, including Henry Ikechukwu, 32, the deceased boyfriend and a ‘prominent’ chief in Abraka.
Onowakpoyeya said: “Subsequently, in the course of the police investigation, the deceased friend, Henry Ikechukwu, who was last seen with the deceased on June 17 and had been on the run since the incident, was tracked down and arrested on Friday.
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“He confessed to have invited the deceased for an outing on June 17 from where he lured her and handed her over to a prominent chief in the same Abraka community, who gave him the assignment to get the deceased for him.
“The said chief has also been arrested and the two suspects are presently in the police custody pending investigation. They will soon appear in court after the completion of the investigation.”
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