Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested 46-year-old Obadigbo Emmanuel Anumudu, the prime suspect in the gruesome murder and beheading of Mrs. Obianuju Akubi, a 69-year-old woman killed in Umuleri in July 2024.
According to a statement by the Command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the suspect, who had been on the run for over a year, was apprehended by operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Awkuzu, following credible intelligence.
“On 4th October 2025, operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, Awkuzu, acting on credible information, stormed Aguleri and arrested the prime suspect, Obadigbo Emmanuel Anumudu, male, aged 46 years.
The suspect had allegedly been on the run since 22nd July 2024 after he gruesomely murdered and beheaded late Mrs. Obianuju Akubi, aged 69, of Umuleri,” Ikenga stated.
During interrogation, the suspect reportedly confessed to the crime and provided information about other gang members involved in the killing. He also disclosed the whereabouts of the victim’s severed head, which was taken away after the attack.
The suspect confessed to the crime.
