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Four arrested for burning 74-year-old Anambra woman
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Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested four suspects, including a 21 year old lady for allegedly setting ablaze a 74-year-old woman in a wheelchair.

The spokesman for the Anambra State Police Command, Tochukwu Ikenga, announced this in a statement on Sunday.

Ikenga explained that the incident occurred at Abagana in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State on Saturday, but the police operatives recovered the burnt remains of the victim and her wheelchair as well as the casket on Sunday.

He added that after setting the victim ablaze, the suspects got a casket to bury her before the intervention of the security operatives.

According to the police, during interrogation, the female suspect, confessed that her boyfriend, Ifeanyi Igwe, who is currently at large and three others set the victim ablaze and got a casket to bury her before the intervention of the security operatives.

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