Police detectives from Agbor Space Command have arrested a twenty 12 months old herbalist, Amechi Okwuokenye and his elder step-brother over the alleged abduction and murder of a suspected web fraudster, Friday Liberty, aged 22 years in his shrine at Owa-Alidima in Ika North East Native Authorities Space of Delta State.
The herbalist was arrested at his shrine on twenty third October 2025. He and his suspected confederate are at the moment in police custody.
The Police additionally recovered the corpse of the deceased from the suspect’s shrine and deposited similar in the mortuary.
Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Shiny Edafe confirmed the report in a press release despatched to newsmen in Warri.
The assertion mentioned, “It was a case of the hunter changing into the hunted, when on the thirtieth of September 2025, Mr Friday Liberty, aged 22 years old, visited his herbalist, whom he had recognized for a while now, however this time, he by no means returned. The household, who initially didn’t know what had occurred to their brother, began in search of him.”
“The girlfriend of the deceased then knowledgeable the household that she heard a dialog concerning the mentioned Friday liberty and a sure herbalist, and suggested that they need to attain out to the mentioned herbalist.
“The household contacted the herbalist, who denied seeing him however promised to do some religious incantations so their brother might return alive.
“Having spent cash on the herbalist, and the outcome was not forthcoming, they then reported the matter on the Agbor Space command by way of a petition on 14th October 2025.
“And this determination proved to be the turning level in the case as the realm command detectives launched into an intelligence-led investigation.
“In the course of the course of the investigation, the detectives uncovered the final particular person whom Friday Liberty contacted, and came upon it was the identical herbalist who denied understanding his whereabouts. Surveillance was laid round his shrine at Owa-Alidima in Ika North East LGA, for days, till he was arrested on twenty third October 2025, in his shrine whereas hiding inside a fridge.
“Upon his arrest of the herbalist Amechi Okwuokenye, aged 20 years, confessed that each he and his brother Sensible Okwuokenye, aged 26years, kidnapped the sufferer liberty Friday and the motorbike rider recognized as Isioma Ugbeje, who carried him to the shrine.
“They additional said that Friday Liberty has been his long-time buyer who steadily visits him to hypnotise purchasers so they may give him cash simply( in his phrases, ‘to tie purchasers ‘).
“The herbalist mentioned his elder brother approached him that he wanted cash and suggested him to lure any of his purchasers so they may kidnap him and ask for ransom, and the unfortunate particular person they may lure was Liberty Friday.
“They kidnapped him and the Okada Rider and demanded a ransom of N10,000,000. After they seen that the plan was not working, they murdered him and the motorbike rider and dumped their our bodies in a soak away pit by the shrine.”
SP Edafe said that the suspects are in custody, and the stays of the victims have been evacuated and deposited on the mortuary for post-mortem.”
He added that, “The commissioner of Police, Delta State, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda assures the general public that the command will make sure that justice is served in this case.”
