The incident occurred on Saturday in Abagana, Dunukofia Local Government Area. Her attackers reportedly procured a coffin and interred her immediately after the act.
A source claimed that the woman, who used a wheelchair, was suspected to have been burnt for ritual purposes by one Ifeanyi Igwe, who remains at large. However, five persons connected to the incident, including Igwe’s 21-year-old girlfriend, Chinenye Ekwenugo, were arrested.
The Public Relations Officer of the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, clarified the situation in a press release, stating that three of the four arrested persons were linked to the procurement of the coffin and burial of the victim.
His statement read: “The Anambra State Police operatives serving at Abagana Divisional Police Headquarters today, 26/1/2024, at 9 am arrested four suspects, including a 21-year-old lady, Chinenye Ekwenugo, from Ifitedunu.
“They were arrested over the burning of a 74-year-old woman in a wheelchair in Abagana.
“During interrogation, the suspect Chinenye confessed that her boyfriend, Ifeanyi Igwe, who is currently at large, and three others set the victim ablaze and procured a casket to bury her before the intervention of the security operatives.
“Efforts have been initiated to apprehend the main suspect, Ifeanyi Igwe, who is still on the run. The body of the deceased has been deposited in the morgue for autopsy and further investigation into the cause of death.”
Ikenga provided the names of the other three suspects as Uzochukwu Okeke, 47, Fidel Anayo, 60, and Ikenna Anene, 54, all of them male and from Abagana.
Commissioner of Police Nnaghe Obono Itam, while reacting to the incident, called for calm and ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department for a comprehensive investigation.
The Public Relations Officer of the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, clarified the situation in a press release, stating that three of the four arrested persons were linked to the procurement of the coffin and burial of the victim.
His statement read: “The Anambra State Police operatives serving at Abagana Divisional Police Headquarters today, 26/1/2024, at 9 am arrested four suspects, including a 21-year-old lady, Chinenye Ekwenugo, from Ifitedunu.
“They were arrested over the burning of a 74-year-old woman in a wheelchair in Abagana.
“During interrogation, the suspect Chinenye confessed that her boyfriend, Ifeanyi Igwe, who is currently at large, and three others set the victim ablaze and procured a casket to bury her before the intervention of the security operatives.
“Efforts have been initiated to apprehend the main suspect, Ifeanyi Igwe, who is still on the run. The body of the deceased has been deposited in the morgue for autopsy and further investigation into the cause of death.”
Ikenga provided the names of the other three suspects as Uzochukwu Okeke, 47, Fidel Anayo, 60, and Ikenna Anene, 54, all of them male and from Abagana.
Commissioner of Police Nnaghe Obono Itam, while reacting to the incident, called for calm and ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department for a comprehensive investigation.
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Is this the new norm over there now? Burning of human beings like goat?
ReplyDeleteCapital punishment is the solution to this.
Face of murderers.
ReplyDeleteThey should be served same way.
Wicked lots.
DOZZYBEST.
too much evil happening around the world. May her soul rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteOh God protect your children. Where is our conscience for humanity??
ReplyDeleteRIP to the deceased.
Jesus
ReplyDeleteAhhhhhhhh
Hello iya Boys
The evil is too much,God please keep fighting for the innocent people
ReplyDeleteWhat a wicked world we live in. May God rest her soul.
ReplyDeleteWicked and demented souls 😔😔😔😠
ReplyDeleteLook at them,Generation of vipers!!, 70year old in a wheel chair and you lots get her burnt to death, wao!! Even if she is witch...
ReplyDeleteThey should all be burnt
ReplyDeleteThis is barbaric
ReplyDeleteThey should burn them also..
ReplyDeleteNah waaa ooooo. Evil is too much in the land. Haaaaa. Lack of conscience is becoming the norm. God I beg you ooo 🙏
ReplyDeleteThis is so terrible
ReplyDeleteOMG!!
ReplyDeleteThis is wickedness 😭
They should burn them too
Scary story everyday abi mk we run like this 😳😳😳
ReplyDeleteImagine living to 74 years old and this is the end you meet🙆🏾♀️ Children, the elderly and the disabled remain the most vulnerable groups on this planet. Setting that helpless woman in her wheelchair ablaze, while they get to stand freely, not even feeling any pain. Sometimes going it alone and forgetting about family is not a bad idea.
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