4 Siblings Arrested For Murder

Four members of the same family were arrested by the Abia State Police over alleged murder of their kinsman, 58-year-old Samuel Nwakoromadugba.

The four suspects from Obiekwensu village, Aro-Ngwa in Osisioma Ngwa Local Government are Izuchukwu Uzoma, Kenneth Uzoma, Chika Uzoma and Edith Uzoma.

They were alleged to have conspired among themselves and killed one Samuel Nwakoromadugba of the same village, with machete at about 11.50 a.m  last Sunday.

According to sources, before the incident, the Uzoma and Nwakoromadugba families were said to be having a dispute which was reported at the Osisioma police division.

The source said the dispute between the two families involved a case of alleged threat to life which was said to have been reported by the son of the deceased to the police.

As a result of the report, the father of the suspects was arrested and detained by the police and angered by the action of the Nwakoromadugba family, the suspects were alleged to have ambushed the deceased on his way home.

He was macheted on the head and died as a result.

The incident have been reported to the police and the body is in mortuary.