The Rivers State Police Command has apprehended Ukachukwu Anthony, a shoe dealer who has been involved in abducting and killing his suppliers in Igbo-Etche, Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The state’s Commissioner for Police, Joseph Mukan, alongside a team of journalists, visited the suspect’s residence and disclosed that the arrest was made through intelligence gathering. He stated that the suspect confessed to the killings and admitted to dumping the victims’ remains in a septic tank within his compound.
During an interview with the press, Anthony, a married man with children, confessed to luring three Togolese and one Nigerian to his compound under false pretenses of purchasing shoes from them. He detailed how he would then carry out the murders, dispose of the bodies in the septic tank, and take possession of the stolen goods.
“I will tell them to bring shoes. When they come, I will walk to their back and then strangle them until I confirm they are dead. I will then dump their body inside the septic tank,” Ukachukwu said.
Ukachukwu lives alone in the compound, while his wife and children reside in another area.
The police conducted a search which led to the discovery and exhumation of the victims’ bodies, found within the septic tank.
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