Crime & SecurityPoliceCorpse Of NSCDC Female Officer Found In Shallow Grave

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The news of Cynthia Oneche’s corpse being found has thrown the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Benue state command into mourning again as the remains of a female officer who was declared missing 18 months ago have been discovered in a shallow grave in Obi Local Government Area of Benue State.

Josephine Cynthia Inalegwu Onche, an Idoma native of Otukpo origin, was serving with NSCDC post in the Otukpo area of the state when suddenly went missing while her wedding plans were underway.

The NSCDC officer was declared missing by her family in Otukpo local government area of the state in December 2019 few days to her wedding.

She was said to have gone to the market to buy some items in preparation for her wedding but never made it back home.

After several months of search, her body was found dead in a shallow grave in Obi Local Government Area of Benue State.

One of the deceased’s colleagues said several efforts to locate her did not yield results until a commercial motorcyclist disclosed where she was buried.

The cyclist was said to have told the family of the deceased that their daughter was allegedly killed and buried by her husband-to-be for ritual purposes.

Thereafter, he (cyclist) had led the family and security operatives to arrest the groom who in turn led the police to Ogun State where they arrested the native doctor alleged to have performed the ritual at Obi LGA before his relocation to a Southwest state.

While the suspected killer groom and the native doctor had been allegedly held by the police in Otukpo, the family of the late security personnel exhumed her remains and organized a burial on Tuesday, June 1st, 2021.

The spokesperson for the Benue Police command, DSP Catherine Anene, did not answer calls or react to messages sent to her over the development.

Contacted, the State Command’s Public Relations Officer of NSCDC, ASC Ejelikwu Michael, declined comments, promising that he would speak on the issue at a later date.

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)

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