Operatives
of the homicide department of the Edo state police command are working round
the clock to unravel how a driver simply identified as Samson abducted, killed
and dumped the body of his master in a septic tank in Ekiadolor community in
Ovia North local government area of the state.
Already, the
command has arrested the prime suspect and two others over the dastard act.
This is as
the state command yesterday expressed satisfaction at the peaceful and low
crime rate Christmas and New Year celebrations in parts of the state.
New
Telegraph gathered that Samson had after carrying out the heinous crime sold a
vehicle belonging to his boss to a herbalist at Ovbiogie village.
Samson had
also told the children of the deceased that their father was kidnapped and that
the abductors demanded for N2m as ransom in the process.
Source close
to the state police command disclosed that the children of the victim live
overseas, pointing out that Samson collected part of the sum from the
unsuspecting children of his boss upon a promise that their father would be
released soon.
But the
bubble burst when some relatives of the deceased visited his residence only to
discover his decomposing body inside a septic tank which prompted them to raise
an alarm in the process.
It was
learnt that attempt by Samson to collect a balance sum of N500,000 being part
of the total amount from the sale of the car belonging to his boss to a
herbalist that policemen from Ekiadolor Divisional station nabbed him.
The matter
had since been transferred to the headquarters of the police force in the state
after the incident two weeks ago.
In addition,
the corpse of the victim had been recovered and deposited at an unknown morgue
for necessary autopsy.
The Police
Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Chidi Nwabuzor when contacted
yesterday said he was yet to get briefed on the ugly incident.
Nwabuzor
stated that the Xmas recorded remarkable peace with few cases of crime in car
snatching incidents which were recovered promptly with the proactive response
of men of the command.
He said
appreciation for the feat was due to God’s handwork and the effort by the state
commissioner of police, Mr. Johnson Kokumo and his team for putting in place
personnel to ensure peaceful yuletide among residents.
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