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A 29-year-old man has been paraded by the Imo State Police Command for allegedly killing his friend, harvesting and selling his vital organs to ritualists.

The suspect, Emeka Egbuaba, an indigene of Ihitte-Owerre community in Orlu council area of Imo was paraded alongside other suspects on the state police command. The state command’s Spokesman, Henry Okoye (ASP), who briefed journalists on behalf of the state Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Barde, yesterday, stated that in a case involving the very brutal murder and harvesting of the vital body organs of one Sixtus Ezebudo ‘m’, who hails from Ihitte-Owerre in Orlu LG of Imo State, by a 29-year-old male, Emeka Egbuaba, who has since confessed that he is an organ trafficker.He said: “Intelligence led investigation and sustained follow-up to a case that was initially reported as a missing person led to the arrest of the 29-year-old male, Emeka Egbuaba, by operatives of the command’s anti-kidnapping unit in his criminal hideout in Lagos State. On interrogation, the suspect confessed that on 10/05/2023, at about 1630hrs, he lured the said victim to an uncompleted building in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State, killed him and, thereafter, harvested his vital body organs like his lungs, heart, and private part, abandoned his body at the scene and escaped to Lagos State with the harvested body parts to sell for ritual purpose.

“The remains of the already decomposed body have since been recovered. We intend to carry out further DNA confirmatory tests on it. The suspect is here to interact with you. This is not a crime of passion, but a clear deliberate and premeditated murder. The case will be charged to court upon completion of a diligent investigation.”