Nineteen-year old Luke Okumebi has been arrested by the Police in Rivers state over the killing one Godstime Ifuroiyala at Buguma town in Asari-Toru Local Government Area of the state Wednesday.
The spokesman of the state Police command, Ahmad Mohammad a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), confirmed this in a statement in Port Harcourt, the state capital Friday.
Ifuroiyala aged 17 was reportedly murdered and corpse set on fire by the suspect.
Community members believe that the act was in retaliation of the clubbing and burning of the corpse of a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ofinijete Amachree in Buguma, Monday evening.
One Ndubisi Tochi was on Tuesday arrested and detained for Amahree’s murder.
Mohammad in the statement said, “The police at Buguma on Wednesday March 9, 2016 at about 4:30 pm received a complaint to the effect that one Godstime Ifuroiyala ‘m’ 17 years old was at about 1 pm allegedly murdered at Tariah Compound, Buguma.
“The police on receipt of the information raced to the scene of the incident but did not see the victim’s corpse, but there was sign of struggle and blood stains all around the scene.
“Efforts to get information proved abortive as people around the scene declined to talk to the police until a patriotic citizen later volunteered information that led to the arrest of one Luke Okumebi ‘m’ 19 years old as one the suspects behind the alleged murder of the victim.
“The suspect is presently being interrogated at the State Intelligence and Investigation Department of the Command. Efforts are heightened to arrest his accomplices with a view of bringing them to justice.
“The Command craves for the continued cooperation of the media to confirm their stories to ascertain their facts and truthfulness before making them public,” he said.