Investigations into the death of the victim follow complaints received from the people of Ngugworo community, Ebonyi State, a border town to Abia State, where the victim resided when the decomposing body of the late Nneka Kalu was discovered in their community. The discrete investigations carried out by the Police team led to the arrest of the four suspects.
Deceased – Mrs Kalu.
Investigations by the Police team revealed that Emeh Kalu – the husband of the deceased, in a bid to fraudulently and hastily ‘inherit’ his wife’s numerous assets including landed property, houses, money in bank and thriving business, etc, procured the services of five other criminal elements to stage the abduction of his wife by luring her to meet him at a junction to pick up somethings for the house. Investigations further revealed how the criminals strangled her to death after obtaining necessary information on the whereabouts of title documents and other relevant papers of her possessions. Efforts are being intensified to arrest other suspects and persons indicted in the matter with a view to concluding the investigations.
The Force, while condoling the family of the deceased for the unfortunate loss, enjoined families and relatives to be their “brother’s keeper” and provide prompt information to the police that would assist in proactively containing crimes and all forms of gender-based violence.
All the suspects would be arraigned in court on completion of investigation, according to Frank Mba, commissioner of police and Force Public Relations Officer.