Update: Suspected Killers of US-based Doctor, Friend Arrested in Abuja

The suspected killers of the 37-year-old doctor, Obisike Donald Ibe and his friend, Ezekiel Edoja, 31, has been arrested by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command.

Daily Report Nigeria recalls that late Ibe, a Radiologist who worked at Zenith Lab and Kidney Centre, and his friend Edoja, were brutally murdered at the doctor’s residence at Games Village area of the Federal Capital on Wednesday, December 15, 2021. Read details here.

The suspect’s was announced by the FCT Police Commissioner, Babaji Sunday, during the first press briefing of the year which was held on Tuesday, January 17, disclosed this in Abuja.

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According to the Commissioner, following an aggressive manhunt and amid pain-staking investigations, Abdulsalam Ibrahim and his accomplices were arrested.

“The FCT Police Command since the receipt of the information of the Games Village murders deposited the corpse at the morgue and embarked on an aggressive manhunt amid pain-staking investigations,” he stated.

“The perpetrators of the dastardly act also carted away with a vehicle and an envelope containing about $1,000, the mobile phone of the deceased doctor and the ATM card which was used to withdraw money to the tune of two million nairas from the deceased account on 13 December 2021,”

“Following the above, 3 suspects namely Abdusalam Ibrahim aged 26, Fidelis Ezekiel aged 27 and Philemon Hussaini aged 22, have been arrested in connection to the case.

“The suspects upon interrogation confessed to have plotted and committed the offence. The suspects will be charged to court upon the conclusion of the investigation.”

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