Man beheads good friend after misappropriating N30m

The Delta State Police Command has arrested Mr. Efe Onwiti for the homicide of his finest good friend, Paulinus Okon,
After gathering over N50 million from the deceased.

Commissioner of Delta State Police Command, CP Abanyonda Olufemi, disclosed this on Monday whereas parading the person, together with 4 different killers.

He stated: “I welcome you to this significantly painful briefing. It entails the homicide of Paulinus Okun by his good friend Efe Onwiti. Paulinos was reported lacking on September 8, 2024 by his brother after he went out along with his good friend Efe Onwiti, 30. The suspect, Efe Onwiti, who initially denied understanding what occurred to Paulinos, got here to Paulinos’ home to ask his household about him.

“He confronted that the deceased went out with him on the identical date, to which he denied that the deceased didn’t exit with him. At a later date, Efe returned and requested the brother of the deceased for N500,000 to make use of the cash to pay a herbalist who might inform them the place Paulinus was. Efe got here once more and knowledgeable the household concerning the kidnapping of Paulinus and picked up a ransom of about 20,715,000 naira from the deceased brother claiming that he was involved with the abductors.

“When it turned clear that Efe had one thing to cover, he was arrested and the case was transferred to the State Felony Investigation Division, Asaba State Headquarters. On November 28, 2024, I directed DPO Ekpan to take over the case and be sure that a separate investigation is carried out to arrest these accountable, because the prime suspect Evie, he did not quit.

“DPO Ekpan carried out an intelligence investigation indicted towards Okimute Gaga 48. Okimute gaga opened upon his arrest and admitted that he might now not conceal what occurred. Okimute Gaga narrated how he introduced Efe Paulinus to the Orere River in Otokutu and requested them to kill him. He additionally talked about the suspect That on September 8, 2024, Efe, Sunday Ikpepa and 30-year-old herbalist Lawrence Joseph Paulinus tied Ocon at night time close to the Aurere River and beheaded him alive.

“His physique was thrown into the river whereas the herbalist took Paulinus’ head and buried it at his shrine in Otokoto. The DPO, Ekpan Police Station, led police operatives to the shrine in Otokoto the place Paulinus’ cranium was exhumed and recovered.

Olufemi acknowledged that in interrogation, Efe admitted that he killed Paulinus as a result of he didn’t know the right way to inform him that he had transferred his cash meant to purchase the home.

He added: “Efe acknowledged that he noticed a constructing on the market at 30 million naira, which he marketed to the deceased and the deceased paid 30 million naira in three instalments, however as an alternative of shopping for the home, he transferred the cash for his private use, purchased two lands and was constructing himself a duplex.

“He additional stated that he didn’t know the right way to clarify to the deceased that he had used his cash and therefore determined that killing Mr. Paulinus would save him hassle. Effie and the opposite three suspects are in custody.”

Nonetheless, the Communist Occasion urged members of the general public to be particularly vigilant this season concerning the buddies they hold, lamenting that oldsters now not take elevating their youngsters, particularly male youngsters, severely.

In an interview with the suspects, all of them confessed to the crime, saying that the top had been sacrificed to the gods of the neighborhood.