The Benue State Police Command has arraigned two brothers Terver Agwa and Terna Agwa, before a Makurdi chief magistrate court for allegedly killing a Gboko-based businesswoman and robbing her of over N490,000.
The suspects, both from Mbapen
in Kendev, Tombo community, Buruku Local Government Area of the state, were
also charged with criminal conspiracy, robbery and culpable homicide.
The conmen murdered the
deceased identified as Mrs. Nguhemen Sesugh, and buried her remains in a
shallow grave.
It was gathered that the
deceased who before her death traded in bags of rice was tricked by her
murderers to their enclave in Kendev, Mbatie in Buruku LGA to purchase bags of
unmilled rice last week.
“Mrs. Sesugh was dealing in
rice at the Gboko rice mill. And as usual with the business she received the
call from her murderers that they have several bags of rice for sale,” a source
told the Vanguard.
“Not knowing that they were
criminals, she went to make the purchase in the farm with about half a million
Naira in Buruku LGA, but she never made it back.
"Since her disappearance,
efforts to locate her were unsuccessful until a day ago when the investigation
by security personnel led to the discovery of where she was buried in a shallow
grave at Kendev village, Mbatie in Buruku LGA
“Her body was already
decomposing and the cash she took to make the purchases was also not found on
her. The investigation also led to the arrest of some persons including two
brothers, who allegedly masterminded her murder in the village,” the source
added.
The decomposing body of the
victim was immediately moved to her village, Tsambe in Vandeikya LGA of the state,
by close family members and a former House of Representatives member from the
area who accorded her proper burial.
Insp. Godwin Ato, the
prosecuting police officer, while addressing the court said the two suspects
had tricked their victim that they had bags of rice for sale.
He further told the court that
when the woman came to their residence at Buruku to buy the said rice, both
accused conspired and lured her to an isolated bush where they strangled her to
death, buried her remains in a shallow grave and fled with her N490,000.
Ato further stated that the
matter was later reported to the police by the husband to the deceased, who
said his wife received a phone call from one of the accused, Terver Agwa, concerning
the said bags of rice.
During police investigation, the
two accused persons were arrested and both allegedly confessed to committing
the crime.
The Magistrate, Kelvin
Mbanongon, ordered the remand of the two suspects at the Makurdi Correctional
Center and adjourned the case to February 19, 2024, for further mention.
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