December 24, (THEWILL) – The Imo Police Command said its operatives busted a car-snatching syndicate and arrested two suspects with a human skull.
The two suspects are Ejike Nwachukwu ‘Male’ aged 31 of Umungwu Obosima in Ihaji/Egbema LGA, Imo State and Alaoma Egonu ‘Male’ aged 40 of Umuoyem in Nkwerre LGA, Imo State, but resident at 12 Enwereji street, Okigwe Road, Abia state.
The suspects, who claim to be in the oil business, lure their victims to their business premises in the bush where they were allegedly killed before collecting their vehicles and selling them.
They were a part of other suspects paraded at the Imo State Police Command in Owerri, on Thursday
On how they were arrested, the Police said: “Recently the command has been on the trail of a syndicate who presented themselves to their unsuspecting Victims as businessmen that deal in oil products by deceiving them and taking them to their business site where their products are.
“While on their way, they will attack and kill their victims, dump them in the bush and zoom off and sell the vehicles to their already awaiting buyers/receivers.
“However, on 3/12/ 2021, luck ran against them when the three-man syndicate, Ejike Nwachukwu and two others hired one Chinedu Alum a minibus operator who plies Ohaji Egbema to Owerri, to convey their oil products from Etekuru in Ohaji/Egbema to Owerri.
“The unsuspecting driver happily obliged them and they agreed on a specified fee.
“On their way, the three passengers turned to armed robbers, shot the victim severally and pushed him out of the vehicle, believing he was dead and zoomed off with his blue coloured mini Bus popularly called ‘BUSIMO’.
“On receipt of the report, the command’s tactical teams on 4/12/ 2021, mobilised after a diligent gathering of both credible information and technical intelligence to Ohaji Egbema, where one Ejike Nwachukwu led the Police team to his accomplice, one Aloma Nwachukwu where he was promptly arrested and taken to the station.
“On interrogation, the suspects confessed to the commission of the crime and revealed how they hired and killed two drivers at the same point in the bush.
“They also claimed to have robbed from their victims, red coloured Toyota Solara Car and a black coloured Toyota Camry Car and sold them at the sum of three hundred thousand Naira (#300,000. 00) and Two Hundred Thousand Naira only (#200,000. 00) to a receiver respectively.
“They later led the Police team to the buyer of the vehicles where one Aloma Egonu ‘Male’ was arrested.
“The suspect on interrogation confessed to being the buyer/receiver of the stolen vehicles and he is assisting the police in the recovery of the sold stolen cars.
“On further interrogation, they took the Police Operative to the bush where they normally dump their killed victims, on which the operatives discovered the decomposed body and recovered a human skull.”
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