The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested a suspect linked to the murder of a caregiver and a toddler in the Dawaki area of Abuja.
Police spokesperson SP Josephine Adeh confirmed the arrest in a statement issued Friday, revealing that the command received a report on July 23 about the disappearance of 55-year-old nurse Mrs. Chinyere Anaene and a one-year, two-month-old child, Nanenter Yese.
Both victims were associated with the Clear Hope Foundation Academy. Investigations are ongoing.
“Later that day, while at the police station, the caregiver’s husband received a ransom demand of ₦250 million through her mobile phone.
“The command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit swiftly launched an investigation, employing digital forensics and traced the victims and suspects to Yelwa and Uke in Nasarawa State.
“On July, 29, Police operatives arrested a security guard at the school who was believed to be a possible suspect who later confessed to conspiring with his best friend, now still at large to commit the crime,” she said.
Adeh explained that the suspects had lured Anaene to the school bathroom where they attacked and strangled her.
The FCT police spokesperson said the suspect then, took the child from a classroom and murdered him in the same manner.
She said the bodies of the victims were placed in a sack, transported using a scavenger’s cart, and dumped in a canal.
“The suspect led police to the location, where the remains were recovered,” she added.
Adeh expressed the command’s heartfelt condolences to the families of Anaene and Baby Nanenter and assured that justice would be pursued with full resolve on the matter.
