The Imo State police command has arrested one Friday Nnaekezie from Oru west LGA of Imo state suspected to be the mastermind and killer of Late Magistrate Remi Ogu of Magistrate of Oru West Magistrate Court in Imo state.
While addressing newsmen on the development in Owerri the Imo state capital, the state’s Commissioner of Police Dasuki Galadanchi says the suspect paid the sum of 500,000 Naira to 3 hired killers from Lagos who carried out the dastardly act.
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He, however, noted that the suspect has helped the police with some information and the command is on the trail of the remaining three suspects.
Channels Television had earlier in November 2018, reported the Kidnap and murder of Magistrate Remi Ogu as well as a protest by the Imo State chapter of the NBA calling on the police hierarchy in the state to fish out the culprit.