The Imo State Police Command has arrested a father of four siblings of Umuduruihiako Umueze ll in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of the state for conspiring to beat their youngest brother, Chukwuebuka Osundu to death.The father and the two siblings reportedly killed and buried their brother in a shallow grave for being stubborn.
The Commissioner of Police, Imo State, CP Hussaini Rabiu, in a statement issued in Owerri on Friday, said that the command’s operatives with the support of the community, were able to arrest two suspects, Lambert Osundu and Racheal Osundu.
He added that the suspects were undergoing interrogation and had made useful statements that would lead to the arrest of the other family members on the run.
The CP condemned the killing of the young man in its entirety, saying, following credible information received by the command, he immediately dispatched detectives to the alleged scene of the crime.
The CP said that the detectives on arrival, based on intelligence, interrogated one Robert Anyanwu, Chairman of Umuezealagwu Umuduruekwe in Ehime Mbano LGA of Imo State.
It would be recalled that on 14th September 2021, the Osundu family comprising of Lambert Osundu, Ndubuisi Osundu and Rachael Osundu, female, all of Umuduruihiako Umueze ll in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, conspired and beat their youngest brother, Chukwuebuka Osundu “M” aged 20 years to death for yet to be confirmed reasons.
And after killing him, the father of the deceased with the assistance of Ndubuisi Osundu carried the lifeless body to the back of their compound, dug a shallow grave, and secretly buried the corpse.
The father was said to have told the villagers who asked about their son’s whereabouts that he had travelled to Ghana to seek greener pastures.
The CP however advised members of the public not to take laws into their hands rather, should allow justice to prevail. He assured residents of the command’s commitment to ensure the safety of lives and property.