The Ojoto community vigilante commander and two others have been arrested by police operatives from Ogidi Division, Anambra State for the alleged kidnap and murder of a tricycle operator, Oluchukwu Onah.
Nigeriacrime.com gathered, that Onah, a 25-year-old commercial tricycle rider from Ovoko community, Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State, but resided in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, was declared missing on May 28, 2023, when he failed to return after going out for the day’s business.
It was learned that his neighbour in Oba had raised the alarm over his whereabouts and subsequently reported it to the police.
It was gathered that the owner of the tricycle (name withheld) said that the missing Oluchukwu, rode the tricycle under hire purchase agreement.
He, however, engaged the services of a security tracker that eventually yielded positive results, leading to the arrest of a man in possession of the missing tricycle used by the deceased.
He added that on further interrogation, the man confessed to buying the tricycle from Ojoto community vigilante operatives.
“When the police arrested the vigilante that sold the tricycle to him, he also mentioned the vigilante commander as the one who masterminded the abduction and subsequent killing of Oluchukwu and allegedly throwing his corpse at Mmili John Ojoto, a popular river in that side of the community,” he said.
The deceased’s father, Emmanuel Onah, who raised the alarm over the murder of his struggling son, has called for justice, lamenting that another painful aspect of the ugly story was that the perpetrators have refused to disclose where they buried his son.
Calling for a thorough investigation, he appealed to the police for diligent prosecution and recovery of his son’s body.
When contacted for confirmation, the State Police Public Relations Officer, Ikenga Tochi, said he had not been briefed about the incident.
He promised to reach out to the police division concerned for a proper update.
But a senior police officer from Ogidi Division, who pleaded anonymity disclosed that Ojoto community stakeholders were interested in the matter while police had intensified efforts to arrest some other indigenes in the community mentioned as accomplices by the suspects already in custody.