Six farmers arrested, remanded for murder of Benue woman
A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that six farmers should be remanded in the Nigerian Correctional Service facility in Makurdi for killing a woman.
The police charged Sunday Onah, Moses Victor, Friday Agbo, Kinsley Onyike, Edwin Udama, and Thomas Onalwo, who all live in Anwo, Idelle, in Oju LGA, with criminal conspiracy, theft, intimidation, and culpable homicide.
However, the chief magistrate, Kevin Mbanongun, did not take their pleas due to a lack of jurisdiction over the matter.
Mr Mbanongun adjourned the matter until December 17 for further mention.
The prosecution counsel, Godwin Ato, informed the court that the case was transferred from the Divisional Police Headquarters in Obusa Ainu, Oju, to the state CID in Makurdi on September 29 for a thorough investigation.
Mr Ato said the husband of the deceased, Patrick Ogebe, reported the matter at the police station on September 21.
The complainant told the police that he went to Oju town with his two children on September 18 and returned home on September 20, and discovered that his wife was missing.
He also stated that his ‘CG125’ motorcycle was also missing.
The complainant said he reported the matter to the community council, which organised a wide search in two communities, Oye and Anwo, where the CG125 motorcycle was later discovered in the house of Mr Onah at Anwo.
The complainant further stated that a week before the incident, Messrs Onyike and Udama had threatened his life.
He also said that Mr Onalwo heard his wife crying for help on the day they threatened him, but refused to inform the community.
The prosecutor said the suspects were all arrested during the police investigation, and Mr Onah mentioned Messrs Victor and Agbo as having brought the motorcycle to his house.
The prosecutor said further investigation led detectives to Anwo Idelle, and it was discovered that the woman was killed and buried in a shallow grave in a nearby forest.
He informed the court that the corpse had been exhumed and deposited in the General Hospital Mortuary, Oju, for autopsy.
(NAN)
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