CRIME NEWS

2 vigilance members in police net over alleged attempted murder

 By Vincent Ujumadu

TWO members of a vigilance group in Anambra State have been arrested by the police command over their alleged attempt to kill five farmers working at Igbariam Farm Settlement in Anambra East local government area of the state.

IGP Solomon Arase

Policemen attached to the Otuocha Divisional Police station arrested the suspects as they allegedly dragged their victims to the dreaded Nengo Akpakwu Ifite Nteje Shrine for the purpose of sacrificing them to the deity.
According to the report, a gang of nine persons allegedly invaded the house of one Paul Obiefuna in the farm, where he was working with his two sons and two labourers.
They later dragged them to the shrine and tried to kill and use them for sacrifice before the police stormed the area and rescued them.
At the time of their rescue, the victims had been inflicted with matchet cuts on their bodies.
Narrating their ordeal to reporters, one of the victims, Paul Obiefuna, said he was working in his farm with his two sons and the two labourers when the armed gang numbering nine, rounded them up, bound and took them to the shrine where they humiliated them and were about to kill them before police arrived and rescued them.
Obiefuna said: ‘The nine- man gang came with various kinds of weapons, including guns, matchets and sticks. They stripped us of our belongings, including N250,000 cash, phones, cloths and other items.
I thank God for using one of my sons, who escaped during the operation to contact the relevant authorities who worked hard to save our lives as we were almost laid to be used for sacrifice.”
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