The landlord of a building located at Plot 22, Obohia Road, Aba, Abia
state, Ogbonnaya Igwe, has been arrested by police operatives attached
to the Ndiegoro Police Division in the state for allegedly shooting dead
his tenant, one Mrs. Ijeoma Chibuzo.
According to the police, it took the intervention of a combined
security team from the Counter-Terrorism Unit and others that were
deployed in Obohia to stop angry mob from setting the suspect’s building
ablaze.
The Abia state Police Public Relations Officer, Geoffrey Ogbonna,
while confirming the arrest of the suspect, said: “it took the police
over three hours to break into the suspect’s house.
“He was apprehended with the gun he allegedly used in killing the victim.
“Although investigation into the matter was still ongoing,
preliminary investigation showed that the suspect and the victim were
having issues bothering on finance.”
The Police spokesman in the state added that the victim’s body was deposited in an undisclosed mortuary within the city.
Both the suspect and the victim are reportedly said to be indigenes of Item in the Bende Local Government Area of the state.
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