Crime and Metro

Kidnappers kill banker, abandon corpse on roadside in Anambra

Kidnappers have reportedly killed a banker in Anambra State after collecting ransom from the family.   The deceased who identified as Ifeoma was said to have been abducted in Onitsha.   In…

Kidnappers have reportedly killed a banker in Anambra State after collecting ransom from the family.

 

The deceased who identified as Ifeoma was said to have been abducted in Onitsha.

 

In a Facebook post on Tuesday, human rights activist, Harrison Gwamnishi, said the attackers murdered and dumped her corpse around Ideani junction, along Nnobi/Alor road.

 

Gwamnishi also released a picture of a woman’s corpse on the roadside.

 

“Ifeoma, a banker was kidnapped in Anambra State. Ransom was demanded and the family paid but her abductors still k!lled her and dumped her body around along Ideani junction Nnobi/Alor road Anambra.

 

“Lives are being taken daily and it’s sad nothing is being done to end all this k!llings. WHO IS NEXT? If we keep fold our hands and do nothing, it will may get to you,” he wrote.

 

Meanwhile, the spokesman for the Anambra State Police Command, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the development, stressing that the corpse had been evacuated from the road.

 

Ikenga said, “The command received the information about an abandoned female corpse found along the Nnobi-Alor Road allegedly dumped by suspected kidnappers.

 

“The corpse has been evacuated, the pictures have been escalated and investigations have begun to unravel the circumstances behind the death of the victim.”

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Published January 15, 2025
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