Operatives of Obowo Divisional Police Headquarters, in collaboration with community youths, have arrested two suspects linked to the rape and gruesome murder of Wendy Achumba, a 21-year-old nursing student of Mercy College of Nursing Science, Umulogho, whose lifeless body was found in her off-campus residence at Umuadara, Umulogho, Obowo, LGA, Imo State.
The spokesperson of the Imo Police, Henry Okoye, in a press statement, said the two suspects were identified as Onyema Okonkwo, 32, and Emmanuel Onyekachi, 25. Both are natives of the community where the crime was allegedly committed.
Okoye said the two suspects were arrested following sustained, intelligence-led investigative efforts by operatives of the Division in synergy with Community stakeholders.
During the investigation, the suspects revealed that they had raped her on multiple occasions before killing her.
One of the suspects, Okonkwo, in his confession, said the victim identified their faces and to conceal the crime, they went after her life, hitting her with a stick and a machete.
The suspects, according to Okoye, have been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, for discreet and comprehensive investigation and will be prosecuted upon the conclusion of investigations.
Following the development, the Police Commissioner of the State Command, Audu Garba Bosso, assured the public that the matter will be handled with utmost diligence and professionalism, and that anyone found culpable will face the full weight of the law.
He added that further updates on the matter will be communicated in due course.
