A newly built house that is reported to be owned by a suspected internet fraudster, identified as Ifeanyi Osuji, was set ablaze by angry youths over alleged defilement and mysterious death of a 14-year-old girl, Amarachi Iwunze, in the Umuduruewuewuru, Umuezeala Nsu in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo state.
According to reports, the 22-year-old suspect, who is currently now on the run, allegedly raped the teenager to death in his own house.
Sources in the community say that the teenager’s lifeless body was stained with sperm when it was found in the suspect’s room on Sunday, June 12.
According PUNCH report that the suspect escaped after his mother raised an alarm which attracted residents and indigenes to the scene.
Following the death of the teenager, enraged youths stormed the house of the suspect on Monday morning, June 13, and burnt it down. The Deputy PG of the community, Mr Okechukwu Oguowere claimed the teenager was murdered for ritual purposes.Mr Oguowere also disclosed that the deceased’s cousin, Uche Iwunze, who took her to the suspect’s house has been apprehended and handed over to the police for interrogation.
Following the death of the teenager, enraged youths stormed the house of the suspect on Monday morning, June 13, and burnt it down. The Deputy PG of the community, Mr Okechukwu Oguowere claimed the teenager was murdered for ritual purposes.
Mr Oguowere also disclosed that the deceased’s cousin, Uche Iwunze, who took her to the suspect’s house has been apprehended and handed over to the police for interrogation.
victim’s grandfather, Raymond Iwunze, a 79-year-old retired driver, said he was the one taking care of the teenager after her mother’s death.
“Amarachi is my granddaughter. My first son’s daughter. I want the government to give me justice. Her father, my first son, is in Lagos. She had been with me since the death of her mother, my daughter-in-law.” he said.
Spokesperson of the State Police Command, Micheal Abattam, confirmed the incident, adding that investigation had commenced.
