Nemesis has finally caught up with two young men as Abia State Police Command has paraded them as suspects involved in the gruesome murder of a young Lady and a nursing mother, of an 11 months old baby boy and took away the baby which they allegedly sold and got N150, 000 rewards.
The lady, Chihurumnaya Udeh, a native of Edda, Ebonyi State but resident at No. 125 Umunkama Road by St. Dominic Ngwa Road, Aba had her life cut short by the two young boys after luring her to a hotel in Ogbor Hill area of the commercial nerve centre of Abia State.
Addressing newsmen on Monday in her office at the Police Command Headquarters, Umuahia, the Abia Commissioner of Police, CP Janet Agbede, said the incident occurred at Merry Home Hotels, Aba on 15th April 2022.
According to her, on the said day, two suspects Chimaobi Anyim Kalu (25) of No. 44 Nwogu Street Ngwa Road Aba, and David Ogwo Orji (21) resident at Umukanma Roundabout, Ngwa Road, connived and killed Chihurumnaya Udeh while her baby boy of about 11 months was taken away by the suspects.
CP Agbederevealed that on discovering the misnomer, the proprietor of Merry Home Hotels, Ogbor Hill, Aba, Felix Abengowe, reported to the Police that the corpse of an unidentified female with a sharp cut on her neck was found in one of the hotel rooms, a report that made the Police swing into action.
On arrival at the scene of the heinous crime, it was discovered that the suspects escaped with the deceased’s baby boy after murdering the mother.
Further police investigations revealed the victim’s name, address as well as the name of the victim’s stolen son “Chimereobioma Silver” aged eleven months, CP Janet Agbede added.
The Commissioner of Police said the suspects were arrested between 15th and 16th May 2022 upon credible information and upon their arrest, it was discovered that both suspects are motorcycle riders, popularly called “Okada” and both hail from Ugwueke in Bende Local Government Area (LGA) of Abia State.
She revealed that in their confessional statements, the suspects admitted to administering drugs which was a mixture of yoghurt, which was spiked with 8 tablets of Piriton tablets on their victim. After taking the yoghurt, she became dizzy, unconscious and slept off, before stabbing her on the neck with a broken glass cup which led to instant death as they equally confessed to selling the baby for the Sum of One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N150, 000) only, which was shared equally by both suspects
The CP equally further stated that plans are underway to arrest other fleeing suspects, a man and a lady, that could lead to the recovery of the 11 months Chimereobioma Silver who was purportedly sold
Exhibits found with them included broken glass cups black material soaked with oil paint and CCTV footage in a flash drive.