Egbuom, who hailed from
Umuwala village in Nkwerre, was gunned down along with a young man who was with
him when he was attacked.
The deceased was St
Patrick’s Catholic Parish, Amucha, in the Njaba area of the state.
The Nigerian Police on
Thursday, September 13, arrested suspected killer of a Catholic priest,
Reverend Father, Jude Egbom of St. Patrick Catholic Church, Amucha in Imo
state.
The suspects were arrested
by operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Imo state police
command.
Punch reports that the
state police commissioner, Dasuki Galadanchi, said the suspects - Chigozie
Uzoukwu, 33; and Peter Ochokwu, 21 - were arrested in Nkwerre on September 11.
Galadanchi said: “On September
11 at Owerri Nkwoji, in the Nkwerre LGA, Imo State, F-SARS operatives, led by
CSP Godfrey Victor, acting on a tip-off arrested two suspects in connection
with the murder of Rev. Fr. Jude Egbom."
“The suspects are one Peter
Ochokwu, 21, of Umuibu, in Owerre Nkworji, Nkwerre LGA and Chigozie Uzoukwu
,33, of same address," the commissioner of police said.
"A black Toyota
Corolla, with number plate, FKJ 984 EV, belonging to the hoodlums who robbed
and murdered the cleric was recovered.
Interestingly, one of the
shoes of the reverend father was found in the abandoned car. The second leg of
the shoe was found in the Toyota Corolla of the suspects.
“Some of the property in
the suspect’s car were found with the one of the suspects in his house.”
Galadanchi disclosed that
one Raphael, the operator of the barber’s where the priest had gone to shave
before he was murdered, had also been arrested for questioning,"
Galandachi added.
He also said that some
other members of the gang -Kelechi Nnajiuba,24; Ifeanyi Chukwukere, 28; and
Ekene Ohaeri,27 - were in police custody for the kidnapping of a worker with
the National Population Commission.
He said that the police
were on the trail of two leaders of the gang.
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