The discovery of corpses of two persons allegedly murdered and dumped inside the booth of their Toyota Corolla, along the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, close to Tempo Mills, Umunya, Anambra State, has created panic among the residents and passers-by.
The bodies were said to be those of two brothers identified as Onyema and Nonso who were believed to be on their way home after attending a Church programme along Oguta Road, near Upper Iweka, Onitsha.
This is coming a couple of days after PUNCH Metro reported about the two bodies, said to be those of a yet-to-be-identified couple, also found along the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, Umunya.
Although the Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, confirmed the corpses of the couple found in the car booth on the expressway, he told journalists that the “Police personnel attached to the Oyi Division led by the DPO at about 7:30am on 24/1/2024, recovered two lifeless bodies, abandoned in a car booth along the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway.
“The operatives also recovered the abandoned vehicle and some expanded cartridges at the scene. Meanwhile, the bodies have been deposited in the morgue and investigations have commenced.”
However, Ikenga could not confirm those of the corpses said to be two brothers when contacted by our correspondent to do so after several efforts on Tuesday.
But according to a cleric, Venerable Emmanuel Onovo, both deceased brothers were said to be members of the Anglican Communion in the state.
Onovo, who is based in Aguleri, stated this in a post he made on his Facebook page.
He wrote, “They are my two sons in the Anglican Children’s Ministry, Omogba, Onitsha years back. I called their parents yesterday to offer them prayers.”
Another Facebook user wrote, “Two blood brothers kidnapped and killed in Anambra State yesterday…Ala Igbo has eaten their own flesh and drank lots of their own bloods. They attended a church programme at Oguta Road, Onitsha as I was told yesterday only for them to be found at Umunya junction in the trunk of their car!!! Negodu men. This is really really heartbreaking.”
The reason for the killing of the two brothers could not be ascertained yet, but speculations were rife that they might have been murdered in such a gruesome manner by kidnappers because they could have recognised them or gave them tough time.
