Crime
Imo police arrest native doctor, others for killing cop missing since 2017
The Imo State police command on Thursday said it had arrested a native doctor and his gang members who allegedly murdered one Inspector of police, Felicia Nwagbara.
A statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Micheal Abattam, in Owerri, the state capital, disclosed that the slain cop had been declared missing by the command since 2017.
The suspects include Casmire Mgbugha, 53, Hycent Chimezie, 30, Hycent, 28, Hycent Ifesinachi, 26, Hycent Chimobi, 23, Chukwuemeka Wisdom, 22, and Nnadike Clifford, 72.
Items recovered from their hideout were one Toyota Camry car with registration number AKD 73 BF LAGOS, one live python, eight locally made pistols, 18 rounds of live cartridges, one Biafra flag, a pair of Police camouflage uniform belonging to late Nwagbara.
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