The 22-year-old suspect was said to be in possession of a pistol when he was arrested by the police in the southern State.
In Edo State, one Francis
Obinna Okoye has been apprehended in while en route his uncle’s residence whom
he purportedly planned to kill him.
The 22-year-old suspect was
said to be in possession of a pistol when he was arrested by the police in the
southern State.
According to the police, he
planned to kill his uncle with the firearm for allegedly of killing his father
with charms.
It was learnt that Obinna was
travelling in a commercial interstate bus from Lagos to Anambra State when the
bus was stop by the police on the Benin-Lagos road close to the Ovia River.
Parading the suspect, the
command’s spokesperson, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, said the suspect was arrested after
with nine rounds of live ammunition, an English pistol and a POS machine, all
hidden in a bag were discovered to be his.
He further said, “The suspect
confessed that one Kelvin gave him the gun to avenge his father’s death after
his aunt told him that his uncle, one Mr Paul Okoye, killed his father with
charms.”
He further said that
investigation revealed that the suspect’s claim on who gave him the gun was
false.
In an interview with
journalists, the suspect said, “The gun was found with me but I am not the
owner. My friend, Kelvin, gave it to me and I was taking it to Anambra State to
threaten my uncle who my aunt, Amarachi, told me had a hand in my father’s
death. The POS machine is mine. I registered it with my store’s name.”
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