Two undergraduates, James Okoh and Victor Okefie, have
been arrested by the police in Enugu over the murder of a
lady who was returning to the country from the United
States of America.
Okoh is from Amata in Afikpo Local Government Area of
Ebonyi State, while Okefie hails from Ajaokuta in Kogi
State.
Police sources said both were final year students of an
undisclosed state university in the South-East.
It was gathered that the lady, identified as Mrs Stella Uhuo,
was murdered and robbed by the undergraduates, shortly
after her flight landed at the Akanu Ibiam International
Airport, Enugu, on November 14, 2015.
A Punch correspondent gathered that Stella had gone to
the US for a vacation.
It was learnt that, shortly after landing at the airport, she
contacted Okoh, who reportedly combines his studies with
a cab business, to convey her to Abakiliki, where she was
to deliver some items she brought for some people from
the US.
It was also gathered that Okoh was known to Stella and
had provided cab services for her on several occasions in
the past.
Following the call from Stella, Okoh arrived at the airport
with his Volvo car with Lagos registration number EKY 855
CY in company with Okefie.
Some of Stella’s family members were also said to have
come to receive her at the airport. It was learnt that her
personal belongings were taken away to her house in the
car brought by her family members, before she left in
Okoh’s car with the items she intended to deliver in
Abakiliki.
However, unknown to Stella, Okoh and Okefie had other
plans.
On the way to Abakiliki, the duo reportedly diverted the car
off the busy Enugu-Abakiliki expressway to a lonely road,
where they beat Stella to death, before making away with
the items she wanted to deliver in the Ebonyi State capital.
Punch correspondent gathered that the items included
dollars, clothes and electronic gadgets.
Having murdered their passenger, Okoh and Okefie
reportedly dumped her body at dustbin located along the
Enugu-Abakiliki expressway.
Spokesman of the Enugu State Police Command, Mr. Ebere
Amaraizu, who confirmed the development, said Okoh and
Okefie had been at large since the incident, even as the
police commenced investigations into the crime after
Stella’s body was discovered.
Amaraizu said the investigations led to the recent arrest of
the two undergraduates.
According to him, Okoh was arrested on January 29, 2016,
at his hostel in Ebonyi State, while Okefie was trailed to his
parents’ house at Ajaokuta, in Kogi State, where he was
nabbed on January 31, 2016.
The police spokesman disclosed that Okoh and Okefie
confessed that it was not their intention to kill Stella, as
she died while resisting their attempt to make away with
the items in her possession.
However, Amaraizu said the suspects were to appear in
court soon.
Stella’s body, which was recovered from the dustbin where
it was dumped, has been deposited in a mortuary.
been arrested by the police in Enugu over the murder of a
lady who was returning to the country from the United
States of America.
Okoh is from Amata in Afikpo Local Government Area of
Ebonyi State, while Okefie hails from Ajaokuta in Kogi
State.
Police sources said both were final year students of an
undisclosed state university in the South-East.
It was gathered that the lady, identified as Mrs Stella Uhuo,
was murdered and robbed by the undergraduates, shortly
after her flight landed at the Akanu Ibiam International
Airport, Enugu, on November 14, 2015.
A Punch correspondent gathered that Stella had gone to
the US for a vacation.
It was learnt that, shortly after landing at the airport, she
contacted Okoh, who reportedly combines his studies with
a cab business, to convey her to Abakiliki, where she was
to deliver some items she brought for some people from
the US.
It was also gathered that Okoh was known to Stella and
had provided cab services for her on several occasions in
the past.
Following the call from Stella, Okoh arrived at the airport
with his Volvo car with Lagos registration number EKY 855
CY in company with Okefie.
Some of Stella’s family members were also said to have
come to receive her at the airport. It was learnt that her
personal belongings were taken away to her house in the
car brought by her family members, before she left in
Okoh’s car with the items she intended to deliver in
Abakiliki.
However, unknown to Stella, Okoh and Okefie had other
plans.
On the way to Abakiliki, the duo reportedly diverted the car
off the busy Enugu-Abakiliki expressway to a lonely road,
where they beat Stella to death, before making away with
the items she wanted to deliver in the Ebonyi State capital.
Punch correspondent gathered that the items included
dollars, clothes and electronic gadgets.
Having murdered their passenger, Okoh and Okefie
reportedly dumped her body at dustbin located along the
Enugu-Abakiliki expressway.
Spokesman of the Enugu State Police Command, Mr. Ebere
Amaraizu, who confirmed the development, said Okoh and
Okefie had been at large since the incident, even as the
police commenced investigations into the crime after
Stella’s body was discovered.
Amaraizu said the investigations led to the recent arrest of
the two undergraduates.
According to him, Okoh was arrested on January 29, 2016,
at his hostel in Ebonyi State, while Okefie was trailed to his
parents’ house at Ajaokuta, in Kogi State, where he was
nabbed on January 31, 2016.
The police spokesman disclosed that Okoh and Okefie
confessed that it was not their intention to kill Stella, as
she died while resisting their attempt to make away with
the items in her possession.
However, Amaraizu said the suspects were to appear in
court soon.
Stella’s body, which was recovered from the dustbin where
it was dumped, has been deposited in a mortuary.