“Police Launch Investigation into Murder of Abducted 13-Year-Old in Rivers State
The Rivers State Police Command has initiated an investigation into the tragic murder of a 13-year-old female student, whose lifeless body was discovered in a shallow grave in Amaku-Mba community, Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The victim, an SS1 student at Community Secondary School, Okehi, Etche, was reportedly abducted while returning home after running an errand for her parents on Tuesday morning. Although the specific details of the incident remain unclear at this time, it is reported that the assailants forcibly took the girl into a nearby bush.
Chairman of the Community Development Association of Amaku-Mba, Kingsley Anyanwu, expressed deep sorrow over the incident, revealing that the teenager’s corpse was found in the bush after she was kidnapped and killed. Anyanwu called on security agencies to swiftly identify and apprehend the perpetrators, ensuring they face the full force of the law.
Anyanwu stated, ‘She was sent on an errand by her parents. On her way back, a group of boys kidnapped her, and she was killed and buried along the Okehi-Amako-Mba Road. As it is now, the community is no longer safe. So we use this opportunity to call on the Commissioner of Police and our local government chairman to fish out those who are responsible for this barbaric act.’
In response to the incident, the spokesperson for the Etche Local Government Area, Robinson Oluo, condemned the act and disclosed that one suspect has been apprehended in connection with the crime. Oluo commented, ‘We want to condemn the murder of the 13-year-old. As we speak right now, the police have arrested one suspect in connection with the death of the young girl. The suspect is currently at the Okehi Divisional Police Station.’
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson for the state Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, stated that the investigation is underway to determine the immediate and remote causes of the incident. Iringe-Koko, a Superintendent of Police, provided more details, saying, ‘Her parents sent her to go and buy meat in an abattoir, and she didn’t return at the time they expected her to have come back. So they went in search of her and saw her bicycle by a bush path. They immediately informed the police, and the Divisional Police Officer swung into action and led a team to the bush. There they saw an uncompleted building and a shallow grave. So they (operatives) exhumed her corpse. One of the suspects has been arrested. Her corpse has been deposited in a morgue, and investigation is ongoing.'”