The Enugu State Police Command has arraigned 30-year-old Tsehemba Joshua for allegedly robbing and killing 19-year-old scrap scavenger Yusuf Ibrahim.
According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, Joshua is accused of conspiring with two other suspects, who are still at large, to rob and strangle the victim.
The statement, shared on the command’s X account, read: “Joshua is accused of conspiring with two accomplices, currently at large, to rob and strangle the victim. He has been remanded to the Enugu Correctional Custodial Centre following his court appearance.”
Police arrested Joshua after receiving a community alert about a shallow grave found in Ojo River, Ogbodu-Aba, Obollo Community, Udenu Local Government Area. “The suspect was arrested by operatives from the Udenu Police Division of the Command, following a community alert regarding a shallow grave discovered in a bush at Ojo River in Ogbodu-Aba,” the statement continued.
Joshua reportedly confessed to luring Ibrahim with a false claim of selling scrap motor vehicle parts. Once he gained the victim’s trust, he allegedly robbed him of N100,000 before strangling and burying him on October 2, 2024. “The suspect confessed to luring the victim under the pretence of selling a scrap motor vehicle propeller before robbing him of N100,000, strangling, and burying his body in a shallow grave,” the police revealed.
After a thorough investigation by the Campus Monitoring/Anti-Cultism Section of the State CID Enugu, Joshua was officially arraigned and remanded, awaiting further court proceedings.
