One 21-year-old man identified as Junior Augustine Akor has been arrested by operatives of Enugu State police command over alleged rape and murder of his 16-year-old female relative; Faith Akuji in a bush at Mpole-Ubere in Ette community, Igboeze North Local Government Area.
Ndukwe Daniel, the spokesman of Enugu command said the suspect was arrested By Police Operatives, serving in Igbo-Eze North Division of the Command, with assistance from Neighborhood Watch Group, on June 12th, 2023.
Ndukwe, a Deputy Superintendent of Police in a statement made available to journalists in Enugu on Friday, said the suspect strangled the victim to death after raping her on the 8th of June, 2023
“Preliminary investigation indicates that the victim had gone missing in the evening hours of 08/06/2023, after her grandfather sent her to grind cassava in the community centre, with all efforts made to trace her whereabouts proving abortive.
“Her decomposing body was, however, found in the mentioned bush, following the arrest of the suspect, who confessed to having dragged the victim into the bush, forcefully had carnal knowledge of her, until she fainted and died in the process. The victim’s remains, found without any lower-body cloth, were evacuated to hospital and confirmed dead by doctors on duty,” the statement reads in part.
Ndukwe further stated that “the case is undergoing further discreet investigation at the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department (the State CID for short), from where the suspect will be arraigned in court upon conclusion of the investigation.
“Consequently, the Commissioner of Police, *CP Ahmed Ammani, fdc, while consoling the family and friends of the deceased victim, has described the act as atrocious and unthinkable. He, therefore, has directed that the case be meticulously handled, concluded within recorded time and charged to court for justice to be dispensed accordingly.”
