A 40-year-old man Uchenna Okpara has allegedly stabbed his brother-in-law Uchenna Unakalamba to death with broken bottle during an argument in Ubomiri, a community in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State.
Penpushing reports that the Imo State Police Public Relations Officer Henry Okoye, who confirmed this in a statement said the suspect had been arrested by police operatives from the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, adding that the incident happened on Thursday.
‘Responding to a distress call, police operatives apprehended the suspect and recovered the weapon. The victim was confirmed dead at the hospital, and the suspect remains in custody pending the conclusion of investigations and subsequent prosecution’, he said.
Penpushing further reports that in a circulated video clip the suspect confessed that he stabbed the victim to death out of anger because he (Unakalamba) attacked him with a small knife during a disagreement.
The police spokesperson, said in the statement that in a separate incident, police operatives dismantled a notorious kidnapping syndicate explaining that the operatives carried out the operation in a forest near Agwa, a community in Oguta Local Government Area of the state.
Penpushing also reports that Okoye, a Superintendent of Police in the statement added that the operation, which was in response to a tip-off, led to the arrest of one suspect, Ozioma Dike, after a shootout.
The Command Public Relations Officer said the suspect is expected to be arraigned in court after the conclusion of the investigation, explaining that during the shootout, other members of the syndicate fled into the bushes.
“Recovered from the suspect were a pump-action rifle loaded with seven live rounds of ammunition and an iPhone belonging to a victim who had been kidnapped on 8 January 2025, in Ubomiri, Mbaitoli Local Government Area’, he said.
“During interrogation, the suspect confessed to being part of a group responsible for several kidnappings in Ubomiri, Ogbaku, and Ohii communities within Mbaitoli Local Government Area’, the statement stated
Penpushing reports that he said efforts were ongoing to track down other fleeing suspects adding that the Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, has assured residents of the state of the commitment of the police to eradicate kidnapping and other crimes in the state.
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