Police uncovers four corpses in septic tank in Rivers, arrests suspect

Nigerian Police

THE Rivers State Police Command on Tuesday arrested a serial killer, identified as Anthony Ndubuisi, who allegedly kidnapped, killed and dumped the remains of his four victims in his septic tank in his compound in Umuebule community, Etche Local Government Area of the state.

According to report, fresh body and three skulls were recovered by the policemen inside his compound during a visit by the Police.

The Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the State Police Command arrested the 52-year-old indigene of Ngor Okpala in Imo State, who was residing in Umuebule 1, following intelligence.

The suspect, who led the State Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mukan, and his team to the place where the body parts of his victims were hidden, was said to have confessed to the crime upon interrogation.

It was gathered that three of the victims were Togolese, while one was from Abia State.

Ndubuisi, it was learnt, usually lured his victims to his house, killed them, before requesting for ransom from their relatives.

The suspect, who claimed he sell shoes said he became a kidnapper as a result of poverty, added that he had so far made N800,000 from his victims.

Explaining his tactics to the Police, he said he usually lured them to his house under the pretext of buying shoes from them but as soon as they relax on chairs, from their back, he would strangle them to death.

“I sell shoes, I lure my victims to my house, telling them I want to buy their shoes and when they bring the shoes to my house, I tell them to sit down.

“When they have sat down, I will go to their back and strangle them to death. I have been doing this for a while now. I collect their shoes when I kill them.

“After I did this last one, police started investigating it and they started looking for me. One of my customers called me to come, and when I got to the place at Artillery, the police arrested me”, the suspect said.

The Commissioner of Police described the suspect as a heartless serial killer, who would dispossess his victims of their money and goods, and still kill his victims adding that he would face the full wrath of the law.

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