Ndudi Anyim
The Special Anti-Kidnapping and Cyber Crime Squad (SAKCCS), of the Delta State Police Command has recovered the dismembered body of a 39-year-old farmer, Joy Osameze, who was abducted by a criminal gang on her way back from farm at Abraka Farm reserve Obiaruku.
Preliminary investigations revealed that five suspects; Emmanuel Ojibe, 18, Osam Ogolime, 21, Ossai Reuben, 22, Odigili Chukwutem, 33, and Ukpaka Confidence, 20, had earlier been arrested for the sudden disappearance of the deceased.
Speaking on how the body of Osameze was recovered, the Delta State Commissioner of Police (CP), Ari Muhammed Ali, said one of the suspects and a relative of the deceased, Ojibe, confessed and led operatives to the arrest of other members of the gang identified as; Razaq Ifamaye, 28, and Gbenga Olawuyi, 50 both natives of Ekiti State but reside in Obiaruku and Samson Oduni, 31.
Ali stated that Ifamaye, confessed and led operatives to Shegelo Beach, Obiaruku on March 9, where a Baco Bag containing human skull and other human parts suspected to be that of the victim was recovered.
“ One Chikogwu Isaac, alias Ikukwu, aged 38yrs, a native of Obiaruku whose premises the exhibit was found, instigated four others who are now at large to attack the operatives in order to prevent the operatives from making the recovery.
“ He was however arrested and the human remains were taken to the Agbor General Hospital for autopsy. Investigation is ongoing. Emmanuel Ojibe happens to be a relative of the deceased, after killing her aunt which was difficult for him to bear, which made him to run to the vigilante in the community and started narrating what happened. Investigation led to the arrest of the remaining syndicate, the remains of the victim is what is in the black bag,” the CP said