Youths from Umuadara, Umulogho, in the Obowo Local Government Area of Imo State, have apprehended one of the suspected killers of Wendy Achumba, a student at the College of Nursing in Obowo.
According to a community source, the suspect, identified as Onyema Okonkwo, was arrested following an investigation led by the youth leader, Chidiebere Iweajunwa.
Okonkwo allegedly confessed to the crime in a video interview that has gone viral. In the video, he claimed that he and another suspect, identified as Emmanuel, went to the student’s apartment around 7 PM. He stated that they attacked Achumba after she rejected their advances.
“We wanted her to give us sex, but she refused. We went to her house around 7 pm,” Okonkwo said in the video.
He also claimed he struck the victim with a stick, while alleging that Emmanuel later returned with a knife.
“After that, I hit her with a stick. I didn’t know Emmanuel returned with a knife to kill her,” he claimed.
A source in the community said the student was living alone in the building at the time of the attack.
According to the source, two other students who lived in the compound had left for nursing experience.
“She was the only one in the house. The owner of the house is based in America. There were three students occupying the house. But two went for their nursing experience, leaving only her in the compound,” the source said.
