The Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Imo State Police Command has arrested Leonard Dennis, notoriously known as “toothpick,” the suspected killer of Bruno Uchechukwu, Personal Assistant to the Chairman of the Committee for the Recovery of Movable Stolen Assets belonging to the state government and the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Security Matters, Jasper Ndubuaku.
Uchechukwu was last week shot to death at the Cherubim junction in Owerri while going home to his family after watching a Premier League match at a public viewing center.
The state Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Ladodo, confirmed the arrest, saying the suspect was arrested based on credible intelligence.
The CP described the suspect as a notorious criminal and a cultist.
Ladodo said the SARS Commander, Godfrey Victor, led the operation to the School Road in Owerri Municipal, where the suspect was apprehended.
Toothpick was arrested on September 29 at No. 13 School Road, Umuoronjo, Owerri Municipalfollowing a tip-off, he said.
The CP said, “He is a member of the New Black Movement of Africa, also known as Ayes Confraternity. On interrogation, he confessed to being one of those who killed Bruno Uchechukwu, 32, at the Cherubim junction, Owerri, on September 22.
“The deceased, who hailed from Atta Ikeduru, but was resident at No. 32 Elekwenwa Street, Owerri, was until his death the Personal Assistant to the State Movable Assets Recovery Committee Chairman, Jasper Ndubuaku.
“Upon interrogation, Dennis confessed that the deceased was killed in retaliation for stabbing one of their members, Chima (surname unknown), by a rival cult, Vikings, aka Baggas, at the Free Zone, Owerri.
“He stated that futile efforts to get at the main culprit, Esese, made them to take on Bruno Uchechukwu, being a member of Baggas.
“According to the suspect, they came in a Taximo mini bus to carry out the killing.”
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