(VANGUARD) THE remains of an 82-year-old retired Inspector of Police, Elder
Samuel Ekhoruyimen, who was allegedly abducted by some youths of Ewudu
village in Ovia North- East Local Government Area of Edo State have been
discovered in an ‘eveil forest’ near the village.
However, his remains suggest that he was buried alive in a grave dug before his abduction.
Pa Ekhoruyimwen who was the village head (Odionwere) of Oghobaghase
near Ewudu community was said to have been invited to preside over the
settlement of a dispute in his domain when he was allegedly waylaid and
abducted by some youths of Ewudu village.
Vanguard gathered that following the octogenarian’s sudden
disappearance on May 10, 2013, his children living in Benin informed the
Police who declared him missing after 24 hours of futile efforts by the
family to ascertain his whereabouts.
Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG, Zone 5, Alhaji Hashimu
Argungun, while speaking on the issue, disclosed that following
intelligence reports, undercover agents led by one Sergeant Isaiah
Osivwemu arrested one Osamudiamwen Uwaila of Ewudu community.
The AIG who spoke through the Deputy Police Commissioner in charge of
Administration, Mr. Dave Akinremi, revealed that the confessional
statement of the prime suspect led to the arrest of seven others,
including the Chief Priest of the Ovia deity in Ewudu community, Pa
Stephen Oviawe, 78.
He added that two village heads and two youths were also arrested in connection with the gruesome murder.
Efforts to recover the corpse
Meanwhile, the police boss said efforts to recover the corpse of the
former Police Inspector have been intensified, saying other suspects now
at large went to remove the remains from the grave before policemen
were led there by one of the suspects.
The prime suspect, Osamudiamwen Uwaila, speaking with newsmen at the
Adesuwa Police Station, yesterday, disclosed that he connived with
others now at large, captured the victim on the way to his village and
took him to an already dug grave in the evil forest of Ewudu community.
He added that they plotted to kill the victim because of his alleged
role in a land dispute between Ewudu an d Orogun communities some years
ago.
Vanguard learnt that after the arrest of some of the suspects who
took the police to where the retired police officer was buried, it was
discovered that the body had been exhumed and reburied in a yet to be
identified grave in the Ovia forest.
It was learnt that the deceased may have been killed for ritual
purpose. However, one of the suspects (name withheld) while confessing
to the crime to the police, disclosed that they decided to re-bury the
victim’s corpse because they found out that the body was buried close to
the road, therefore they had to exhume to rebury so as to ensure that
the body was not found by the police.
Vanguard.
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