Undergraduates nabbed in Enugu for murder

Enugu Police Command, on Sunday,
said it had nabbed two undergraduates, who
are students of one of the state-owned
universities in the South-East, over murder
of one Mrs Stella Uhuo.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer,
Mr Ebere Amaraizu, disclosed this in a
statement made available to the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu.
He said that the suspects (names withheld)
were arrested by in Ebonyi and Kogi states
by police operatives.
According to him, the duo murdered Uhuo,
who just returned from a vacation in US,
by beating her to death after
dispossessing her of her belongings.
"It was gathered that on that fateful day,
Nov. 14, 2015, the deceased, Mrs stella
Ohuo, had allegedly contacted one of the
suspects who usually assists the deceased
in running errands, to inform him that
she will be landing from US through the
Enugu Airport.
"She requested the suspect to assist her
convey some luggage given to her by some
friends in US to Abakiliki.
"On the said day, the suspect came to the
airport with his friend in a Volvo car,
alongside some family members of the
deceased, who came to welcome her.
"On arrival at the Airport, personal
luggage of the deceased was said to have
been put in the car brought by family
members while the ones to be taken to
Abakiliki were loaded into the boot of
the Volvo car.
"Along the way, the suspect and his
friend diverted the car off Enugu-
Abakiliki Expressway, at about 10 a.m,
where they dispossessed the victim of her
belongings, beating her to death when she
resisted.
"On noticing that the woman had given up
the ghost, they smartly brought her to a
dust bin located near Enugu-Abakiliki
Expressway, dumped her body and left
with the luggage,” he said.
The spokesperson said the deceased had
been helping the suspect many years back
before this incident and that was why she
trusted him to convey her as usual to
Abakiliki.
- NAN