A 70-year-old local doctor, Chukwujekwu Onuorah, has been arrested in Anambra State in connection with the kidnapping, and beheading of Hon Okechukwu Okoye, a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly.
Mr Okoye, the lawmaker representing Aguata Constituency 2 in the Anambra State House of Assembly and his campaign director, Cyril Chiegboka, were abducted in Aguata in May.
According to reports, the lawmaker’s head was dumped at Chisco Park in Amichi a community in Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state six days after the kidnap, and his body was also found in Nnobi, Idemili South Local Government Area of the state.
Onitsha-based human rights group, International Society for Civil Liberty and Rule of Law revealed on Wednesday that the native doctor was arrested in Unubi community, Nnewi-South Local Government Area of Anambra State by the operatives of the State Security Service (SSS).
“Mr Onuorah was technologically trailed after he was found to have used the beheaded lawmaker’s (Okoye’s) sim-card to make criminal calls.
“His (Onuorah) arrest was in connection with the abduction, disappearance, beheading and decapitation of Okechukwu Okoye,” the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the rights group, Emeka Umeagbalasi, was quoted as saying.
“After recovering several incriminating items including guns and bullets and his portrait, the operatives trapped him by leaving behind one of his cell phones.
“Between late night of 30th May and early hours of 31st May 2022, the cell phone was tracked to a private hospital in Awka forcing the operatives of the DSS to storm the clinic where he was arrested alive in a bandage while trying to board a tricycle.”
When contacted, the police spokesperson in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, reported that the details of the operation were not ready yet.
He however confirmed that there had been ongoing operations to track down the killers of the lawmaker.
“There is an ongoing operation now. I will get back to you with full details as soon as I can,” he said, in response to enquiries on the arrest.
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