On November 8, detectives from the State CID Enugu's Homicide Section and Police Operatives in Imo State Command arrested one Osuagwu Chubem. at Nekede Owerri, while he was attempting to sell a Toyota Corolla car he allegedly stole from his older female lover, one Amarachi Chukwu aged 32, after allegedly murdering her in her residence at Meniru, Awkunanaw, Enugu on November 1.

Confirming the arrest, the spokesperson of the Enugu state police command, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, says an investigation by the police revealed that the suspect and his cohort at large, had in the morning hours of the mentioned date conspired and went to the house of the victim, attempted to make away with her Toyota Corolla key, which she resisted.

'Upon her resistance, they tied her hands, legs, and mouth with clothes; locked her inside of the house, and made away with the car.

Her decomposing remains were, however, found in the said apartment on November 4 after the door was forced opened by Police Operatives serving in the Ikirike Police Division of the Command, following the receipt of a report that an offensive odor was oozing out of the apartment. The Operatives evacuated the remains to the hospital, where doctors confirmed her dead and the corpse deposited in the mortuary for preservation and autopsy''' Ndukwe said

The police spokesperson mentioned that the suspect was consequently arraigned in court upon the conclusion of its investigation and has been remanded in Custodial Centre custody till further hearing of the case.