Monday 18 September 2023

Three nabbed in Rivers for alleged involvement in murder and organ harvesting



The Rivers State Police Command has reported the apprehension of three individuals in relation to the alleged murder and extraction of organs from a man named Progress in the Ogbaraye community of Abua/Odual Local Government Area. This occurrence took place shortly after the arrest of three individuals, including two pastors, by a vigilante group called OSPAC in Port Harcourt. The previous arrests were made in connection with the death of a 24-year-old physically challenged man, whom they were accused of killing and harvesting his organs.

According to a source from the community named Otuks, Progress, who was a motorcycle taxi rider from Aminigboko community, was transporting goods from Abua Central to Amingboko when the incident occurred. An unidentified individual suspected to be involved in ritualistic practices had allegedly engaged a group of five young men to acquire human body parts, offering them a substantial sum of money exceeding two million Naira.

Otuks stated that the victim was killed along the Emebu/Obrean boundary, and certain body parts were severed. The incident took place on a Friday night, and following the crime, the perpetrators fled the scene. However, three of the suspects were later apprehended.

Grace Iringe-Koko, the spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command, confirmed the incident and the arrest of the suspects, stating that they had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department.

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