Anambra: Police exhume corpse of 52-year-old man after cousin confesses to murder in Amichi

Operatives of the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Awka, person exhumed the corpse of a 52-year-old man, Chinedu Ezeani, allegedly murdered and buried by his young cousin, Chukwudalu Ezeani.

The eight-month-old lawsuit had antecedently been reported arsenic a missing idiosyncratic case, but the apprehension of 35-year-old suspect, Chukwudalu Ezeani, revealed the decease of his cousin.

A property merchandise by the Anambra State Police Command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, stated that the apprehension of Chukwudalu was “in transportation with the execution of his cousin, precocious Chinedu Ezeani, aged 52 years, who was earlier thought missing.”

He said: “Preliminary investigations uncover that connected 1st August 2025, astatine astir 8:00 pm, the fishy allegedly killed the deceased astatine his residence successful Afube Village, Amichi, and buried the assemblage successful a shallow sedate wrong his compound, concealing the transgression for astir 8 months.

“Upon interrogation, the arrested fishy confessed to the transgression and led operatives to the burial tract wrong his compound, wherever the corpse was exhumed.

“The remains person been deposited for indispensable forensic examination, portion the fishy volition beryllium arraigned successful tribunal upon the decision of investigations.

“The case, which was initially reported arsenic a missing idiosyncratic incidental astatine Amichi Police Station, was aboriginal revisited by detectives pursuing credible intelligence, l...