BENUE: We Killed Our Wives For Trying To Expose Us, Say Suspects Arrested Over Shallow Graves

The police in Benue State have arrested eight suspects allegedly connected to the recent discovery of shallow graves in the state.

Report of the arrest was disclosed by the state’s police spokesperson, DSP Catherine Anene, in a statement Thursday.

The discovery had informed findings by the police on the activities of the suspects, whose escape through the Sankara area of Benue was foiled by operatives of the force.
Anene said the suspects were members of a 10-man syndicate of kidnappers, adding that the police had trailed the fleeing suspects and arrested eight of them.

She said upon their arrest, the suspects agreed to lead the operatives to Tavachan forest in Mbamon, Kastina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue, where they buried their victims.

The spokesperson described the discovery to include a deep well and a shallow grave with decomposed bodies of the suspects’ victims.

Anene said, “Suspects confessed that some of the victims died due to inability to survive the trauma of being held hostage while others were killed for not paying the required ransom.

“Two of the suspects also confessed to have killed their wives for making attempt to expose their nefarious acts. Four corpses were exhumed for autopsy while an investigation into the case is ongoing to enable the arrest of suspects at large and unravel more facts about the case”.

The police further noted that the arrested suspects have been charged to court and normalcy restored in the area.