The four persons included two men and two women who were okada operators popularly known as Monkey Duala; they kidnapped the female chicken seller whom they trailed to her area of business.
It was gathered that Chioma, a widow, and chicken seller, at the Nnobi livestock market was lured into the hands of the kidnappers in December 2022 by her former mistress who also sells chicken at the market.
It was also learned that the female suspects and former mistress of the victim paid the sum of N1 million to the okada operator, two others, and a native doctor and ritualist at Nimo who later killed Chioma some days ago.
The suspects were apprehended by the local vigilante men at Chioma’s mistress house at Nnobi where they had gone to cash half of the money on Monday night on a tip-off.
The woman confessed to committing the offence saying that the victim had become rich, friends with a Hausa chicken supplier and usually had sex with him, a thing she said provoked her to anger.
The PPRO Anambra Police Command, Ikenga Tochukwu, confirmed the story expressing appreciation to the Nnobi community.
“The command is pleased with this development. It was through the help of the community that these suspects were apprehended and brought to the station. We are already interrogating them and the case shall be charged to court on the conclusion of the investigation,” the PPRO said.
(independent.ng)
