How we murdered Abuja corps member – Suspects
he suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a female member of the nal Youth Service Corps C), Stephanie Terungwa, revealed how they killed her weeks ago. e suspects, Jenifer Tsembe Monday Simon aka Black and Solomon Abu (35), all ents of Oguta Lake Street, ma, Abuja, revealed their ctive roles while speaking urnalists when they were ed by the police. e female suspect, Jenifer, he late Stephanie had earlier
to her house to collect a e the day she was found dead denied involvement in the er. said the male suspects were nes that told her that they ed to kidnap Stephanie to nd ransom. t one of the male suspects, said he was a colleague of the e suspect, told journalists she invited him to help her Stephanie from her man. cording to him, the only role ayed was to open the gate for te corps member when she to Jenifer’s house.
He claimed that he met two other men who tied the late corps, and that he left the place and later heard of the murder.
The second male suspect said he did not kill the corps member, adding that he held and tied her as instructed by the female suspect before leaving the house.
He said the female suspect called him up later in the night to come to her house, adding that he met the corps member in a terrible state bathed with acid.
According to him, the female suspect was crying and saying she didn’t know why she killed the corps member.
He further said, “She held my legs and was begging me to help her dispose the body, after which she called someone who brought a car. The person left the car, which we later used to carry the body to where we dumped it at about 3am.”
He said the female suspect paid him N100,000.
Giving an update about the incident, the Commissioner of Police in the FCT, Sunday Babaji, said discrete investigation revealed that the late corps member resided in City Homes Estate, Lokogoma, with one Edward Achadu.
According to him, it was discovered that she left home with her one-year, five-month-old son and never returned home.
He said, “A day later, the son was recovered at Holy Trinity Catholic Church upon a call placed through to one of the paternal relatives.
“Discrete and painstaking investigation by tactical and intelligence assets of the command attached to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) led to the arrest of the three suspects.”
He stressed that the suspects criminally conspired and murdered the victim to separate her from Edward Achadu to pave way for the female suspect and estranged lover of Edward, Jenifer Tsembe, to have him to herself.