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By Madu Obi
Security operatives have arrested the suspected killers of the President-General of Umuoji Community in Idemili North local government area, Chief Silas Onyima.
Onyima was dumped inside his bathtub in his house after he was murdered. Security operatives said the suspects who were believed to be the masterminds of the dastardly act have been tracked and arrested.
One of the suspects, an indigene of Ebonyi State, is Onyima’s tenant and he was said to be in possession of the late PGs phones, ATM cards, his gun and so many other items in his house.
The suspected killer was said to be a son of the caregiver to Silas Onyima’s late mother who was accommodated in the deceased compound.
He was also said to have been withdrawing money from the deceased account before they were nabbed.
It was gathered that Onyima had given him quit notice to vacate his premises because of his alleged links with diabolism, which, according to the information, infuriated him and made him to hatch the plan to kill the PG.
It was also gathered that the late Onyima had before his death complained to his wife and some of his friends about threats he received from the man.
The Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the arrest of some suspects in connection with the murder.
The suspects have been taken to the Divisional Police Station in Ogidi for interrogation.
The PPRO said the police are already working on the suspects with a view to getting reasonable information from them, adding that at the appropriate time, their identities would be made public.
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