A suspected armed robber, Moses, has recounted how one of his victims’ spirit was tormenting him after he hacked him to death
Moses,a native of Auchi in Edo State, who was arrested by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team ( IRT) headed by DCP Abba Kyari in a hotel where he was hiding after killing his colleague.
Wisdom Nwachukwu was hacked to death by Moses, his colleague in a table water company in Auchi after he told the suspect about the whooping sum of money his South Africa based elder brother sent to him for the completion of his (elder brother’s) in Nigeria.
Nwachukwu, a native of Isiala-Mbano, Imo State, was hacked to death by Moses during a night shift after which he took possession of Nwachukwu’s phone and ATM card.
Moses also went on to behead Nwachukwu’s body so that it would not be recognized and dumped the headless body in a bush close to the factory.
After getting rid of Nwachukwu, Moses took his phone and ATM card to some internet fraudsters in Auchi who helped him to withdraw N2.2 million from Nwachukwu’s account.
Thereafter, Moses approached various POS points in the city to withdraw various sums of money.
Nwachukwu’s South Africa based brother wrote a petition to the Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, who directed DCP Kyari to unravel the mystery behind Nwachukwu’s disappearance.
It was gathered that weeks into their investigation IRT operatives were able to trace the POS transactions Moses did with Nwachukwu’s ATM cards to Benin, Ore, and Auchi parts of Edo State.
They later arrested him in a hotel in Auchi where he was hiding.
Upon interrogation, Moses admitted killing Nwachukwu. He also led IRT operatives to arrest suspected internet fraudsters: Yusuf Sagiru, Tony Bright, and Terence Okochukwu, as well as businessman Jahswill Ogbonnaya, who helped Moses to pull out the sum of N6 million from the account.
Upon interrogation, Moses confessed that his friend’s ghost had been haunting him since the day he killed him.
The Auchi Polytechnic graduate of Mechanical Engineering said: “I work in a table water company in Abely area of Auchi, and I have been working in that company in the last four years.
“When Nwachukwu got a job in the factory, I was the person who taught him how to operate the machine, so we became very close friends.
“While we were working, Nwachukwu told me about his brother who lives in South Africa and how he has been sending money to build his house for him.
“He showed me the alert for the N13 million his brother had just sent to him, saying that he would be traveling to his village to carry out the project. I felt jealous and I decided to steal the money.
“Since we were friends, I tricked him and collected his phone password. I went through it and found the PIN for his ATM card.
“Few days before the day he would be traveling, we worked on the same shift. I lured him outside the company, stabbed him with a knife, and killed him.
“I dragged his body into the bush, and because I don’t want people to recognise him easily, I cut off his neck and buried it. Then I took his ATM card to some fraudsters. I gave it to one Yusuf and told him that I needed to hack the account.
“We withdrew N2.2 million from the account. I had trouble with Yusuf because he and the people he brought in wanted to cheat me.
“I killed him on January 8, 2020, and traveled to Ore and Benin City. I stayed in several hotels and was carrying different women, but Nwachukwu’s spirit started disturbing me.
“Whenever I want to sleep, the boy’s spirit will appear to me and will be crying. The girls that were with me would run away, saying that I want to use them for money ritual.”
The police have, therefore , warned members of the public to be wary of those they tell their secret, especially money issues as no one could be trusted.
