Trader kills Colleague, Stock Remains In Refrigerator After Removing Vital Organs In Anambra

 By Tobias Ekirika

Anambra trader, identified as Leberechi popularly called Dangote from Oduma in Enugu state who was reportedly a trader at the Old Motor Spare Parts Market, Mgbuka Obosi, in Idemili North local government area of the state, was reported to have killed his colleague, Mr. Chinemerem of Ezeagu (Enugu state) mutilated his body parts, and stocked them into a refrigerator, after removing the victim's vital organs.

The incident took place on Saturday, August 30, when the victim accompanied the suspect to his apartment at No.14 Obinnakwe Street, Okpoko, Ogbaru LGA of the state, with the hope to buy goods from the suspect as he promised the victim.

On reaching the place, the suspect was reportedly killed, and his body stored in a refrigerator after his eyes, penis, limbs and kidney were taken away.

When our correspondent contacted Mr. Ifeanyi Obasi, former master who tutored the victim on the old spare parts business, and who was living with the victim before the unfortunate incident; Mr. Obasi confirmed the development.

According to Obasi, on that fateful Saturday, after the monthly sanitation exercise, Chinemerem left for market with other colleagues but in the evening, when others were coming back from market, he did not return with them.

His words, "Chinemerem served me for six years, and I tutored him in the business. He was freed in March, 2025 before Easter, and we agreed that he would stay with me for the time being, till he was able to pay for an apartment of his own, because he served me well.

"So, after the day's business on that fateful Saturday, he didn't return, and other boys staying with me could not tell his whereabouts. We prepared dinner, and kept his own, but he did not turn up to eat the dinner. I called his line throughout the night, but his line did not go through. I was surprised because, even though he was then a master of his own, he never slept outside the house without notifying us.

Continued "On Sunday, August 31, I called a man from his community, who handed him over to me when he served under me as apprentice. I asked him if Chinemerem was in the village. He said no. I told him about the development, and he was surprised. I later called his shop neighbor in the market, and he told me that a young man in the market left with Chinemerem on Saturday, and that since then, he did not return.

"On Tuesday, September 2, at about 4pm, this neighbor of Chinemerem, called me that the trader that left with Chinemerem was in the market. I rushed to the place with two of the boys living with me. On reaching there, we accosted the suspect, and asked him Chinemerem's whereabouts. Initially, he denied knowing Chinemerem's whereabouts. He said that on that Saturday, he sold some spare parts to the victim and he left. 

"When he was pressed further, and he felt that his act was already uncovered, he took to his heels, and we pursued him. He ran into a big gutter called Sakamori, along Onitsha-Owerri road. One of my boys ran after him, grabbed him inside the gutter, before we called the market chairman, who subsequently invited security men to help us.

"When the suspect saw security men coming, he dipped hands inside his pocket, brought a liquid substance (suspected to be poison) and swallowed it. Upon interrogations by the security operatives, the suspect confessed that he killed Chinemerem and kept his remains in his apartment. When asked reasons behind what he did, he said he did it under the influence of drugs and alcohol."

When our correspondent met the chairman of Old motor spear parts market, Mgbuka Obosi, Chief Ifurunwa Samuel, where the suspect and the victim were doing their businesses before their death, Ifurunwa said that the market handed the suspect over to Okpoko police station and that it was a joint team of the market security and men of the Nigerian police from Okpoko division that recovered the