The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with the criminal conspiracy and gruesome murder of one Terungwa Stephenie, a 26 years old youth corps member of City Homes Estate Lokogoma.
Stephenie had been declared missing in Abuja on April 14 before she was found dead with her body mutilated by her killers.
The arrest of the suspects, the police said, was made following the deployment of tactical and intelligence assets at the disposal of the command attached to the Homicide Department of the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID).
The suspected trio, namely Jenifer Tsembe, a 26 years old female; Monday Simon a.k.a Black, a 36 years old male, and Solomon Abu, a male about 35 years old, all residents of Oguta Lake, Maitama area of the FCT, were said to have voluntarily stated their involvement in the perpetration of the dastardly act.
According to a statement issued yesterday by the Police Public Relations Officer of the FCT command, Josephine Adeh, investigation is ongoing to unravel other groundbreaking facts, while effort had been doubled to apprehend the fleeing suspect(s).
She said the suspects would be charged to court upon conclusion of investigation.
Adeh said: “The Commissioner of Police FCT Command, CP Babaji Sunday psc, while applauding the gallantry and result yielding effort of the investigating team, enjoined the good people of the Territory not to relent in cooperating with the police, especially as touching the rendition of prompt and actionable intelligence.
“He further stated that the police will not rest on its oars until unscrupulous elements are fished out their hideouts and flushed out of the territory as a whole.
“To adequately complement the crime-fighting effort of the Command, the good people of the FCT are therefore urged to remain vigilant and report any suspicious or abnormal occurrence to the police.”