Police begin investigation into alleged murder in Edo
Titus Akhigbe, Benin
The Edo state Police Command has confirmed the receipt of a petition by Mr. Onye Lucky over the alleged murder of his brother, Terry Chinedu.
Mr. Lucky had in the petition written by his lawyers, Olayiwola Afolabi and Company to the state Police Commissioner, Mohammed DanMallam, alleged that Terry was murdered in a hotel in Benin City under mysterious circumstances.
The petition is titled: “Urgent need to investigate and charge to court one Kachi Madu and his cohorts,” for reportedly luring the late Terry to a hotel and murdering him in cold blood.
According to the petition, on March 23, Terry Chinedu, received several calls from a colleague of his, one Kachi Madu, asking him to come to Kito Hotel in GRA, Benin to swim.
“It is also our brief that our client’s brother who was with his girlfriend when the several calls came told his girlfriend that his colleague was calling him to come to the hotel to swim.
Late Terry Chinedu left with his girlfriend as the girlfriend went to the market and while he went to the hotel,” the petition stated.
The petitioner further alleged that at about 7pm of the same day, the father of the victim “received a phone call from the said Kachi Madu, who told him to come to the CIC Gate Hospital at Aduwawa, that his son was in the hospital,” where he met his son lying lifeless on the hospital bed.
The petitioner hinged his suspicion on the fact that “at the divisional police station, the suspect denied ever calling the deceased until he was later confronted with hard evidence of his numerous calls.
“The case is an insider job because the suspect and his sister are working in the same bank and there is the need to download the call logs also of his sister and the suspect.”
The state police command Spokesman, DSP Chidi Nwabuzor, who confirmed receipt of the petition, said copies have been served on the command.
“Yes, the command is in receipt of the petition. Just yesterday, somebody brought it. I believe the authority will soon assign it for investigation,” he said.
