The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG, Zone 5, Benin City, has declared two persons wanted for alleged conspiracy and murder.

DAILY POST reports that the Public Relations Officer of the Zone, Tijani A. Momoh, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Benin City.

Momoh said the Zone has also placed a bounty of N500,000 on the two suspects. He gave the names of the suspects as Christopher Nduka Odiakose and Leonard Happy, a.k.a. Tilome.

He said the suspects are from the Ogwashi-Uku community in Delta State.

The Zone’s spokesperson said the AIG in charge of the Zone, Arungwa Nwazue, explained that the suspects were declared wanted in a case of murder and conspiracy to commit murder, which occurred on December 24, 2024, in Otulu, Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State.

He stated that a warrant of arrest for the suspects was duly obtained from the relevant authority, along with a motion ex parte filed in the High Court of Justice, Edo State, in accordance with Section 4 of the Police Act 2020, as amended.

The statement reads in part: “Zone 5 Headquarters, Benin City, under the leadership of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG Arungwa Nwazue, hereby declares the aforementioned persons wanted in a case of murder and conspiracy to commit murder, which occurred on December 24, 2024, in Otulu, Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State.

“In this regard, a warrant for apprehension was duly obtained from the relevant authority, along with a motion ex parte filed in the High Court of Justice, Edo State, in accordance with Section 4 of the Police Act 2020, as amended.


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