The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 33-year-old principal suspect, Obinna Anene, fingered in the killing of a 74-year-old woman, Alice Anene, at Abagana in Njikoka Local Government Area of the state.
In a statement on Tuesday, the Anambra State Police Spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the suspect was arrested after he was tracked to a location where he fled.
Anene from Amene Village in Abagana had on January 25 reportedly conspired with three others still in police custody and set ablaze the 74-year-old woman in a wheelchair at Abagana.
After setting their victim ablaze, the suspects got a casket and were about to bury the deceased along with the wheelchair before police operatives were alerted to the scene where the burnt remains of the deceased, the wheelchair, and a casket, were recovered.
Ikenga, who disclosed the news of his arrest, said the suspect has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Homicide Section, Awka for a debrief.
He said, “The suspect, Obinna Anene ‘m’ aged 33yrs of Amene Village, Abagana, who was mentioned as the principal suspect in the case of burning and killing of a 74-year-old woman, Alice Anene, at Abagana on 27/01/2025, has been arrested.
