ONYEDI GABRIEL, PORT HARCOURT
Police on Wednesday recovered a lifeless body of a man tied to a mast belonging to a telecommunications company at Abel Jumbo Street, Mile two area of Port Harcourt.
Residents of the area who woke up to see the deceased expressed shock and immediately alerted the police.
Spokesman of the Rivers State Police Command, Nnamdi Omoni, while speaking to our correspondent in his office on Wednesday gave the identity of the dead man as Onyekachi Onuoua,” even as he said the man may have been murdered.
“I can confirm a case of murder reported by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Akiziwe Police Station this morning where a corpse was seen at Abel Jumbo street, Mile two Diobu Port Harcourt in a place housing a mast belonging to a telecommunication company.
“The corpse was tied hands and legs. No physical injury but spots of blood on his mouth. The corpse was later identified to be one Onyekachi Onuoua.
“So far one person has been arrested and he is helping us in our Investigation. The corpse has been evacuated and taken to the mortuary for autopsy,” Omoni added.
He further said that the Commissioner of Police, Eboka Friday has ordered that the matter be transferred to the State CID for further investigations, even as he said operatives had been dispatched to unravel the course of the incident and arrest all those found culpable in the killing.