The Delta State Police Command says it has arrested the prime suspect, Akpoghene Shoemaker who orchestrated the kidnap, rape and butchering of fifty years old Mrs Patience Komore in Isoko-south Local Government Area of Delta State, for ritual purposes.
In a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, the Twenty-year-old prime suspect was arrested in Kwale, Headquarters of Ndokwa-West Local Government Area of Delta State following combined efforts of the Police, Vigilante and some Community leaders from Isoko-south Council.
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The fifty-year-old victim, until her gruesome killing, was a petty pepper seller who was lured to a farm under the guise of a trade offer of the farm produce.
The statement further revealed that a wider manhunt to arrest the buyer of the severed body parts of late Mrs. Patience Komore is underway.
The Command further vowed to ensure that justice was quickly served.
Editor: Paul Akhagbemhe