Lucky Obukohwo Reporting
Imo State Police Command has paraded a 29 year old man for allegedly killing his friend and selling his body parts to ritualists for N1.5m.
The suspect Emeka Egbuaba an indigene of Ihitte-Owerre community in Orlu council area of Imo was paraded alongside other suspects at the State Police command .
The State command‘s Public Relations Officer, Henry Okoye (ASP) who briefed newsmen on behalf of the state Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Barde, on Wednesday said that in case involving the very brutal murder and harvesting of the vital body organs of one Sixtus Ezebudo ‘m’ who hails from Ihitte-Owerre in Orlu LG of Imo State, by a 29yrs old male Emeka Egbuaba who has since confessed that he is an Organ Trafficker.
“Intelligence led investigation and sustained follow-up to a case that was initially reported as a Missing Person led to the arrest of the 29-year-old male, Emeka Egbuaba by Operatives of the Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit in his criminal hideout in Lagos State.
“On interrogation, the suspect confessed that On 10/05/2023 at about 1630hrs, he lured the said victim to an uncompleted building in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State, killed him, and thereafter harvested his vital body organs like his lungs, heart, and private part, abandoned his corpse at the scene and escaped to Lagos State with the harvested body parts to sell for ritual purpose.
“The remains of the already decomposed body have since been recovered.
“We intend to carry out further DNA confirmatory tests on it. The suspect is here to interact with you.
“This is not a crime of passion but a clear deliberate and premeditated murder.
“The case will be charged to court upon completion of a diligent investigation”, he said.