Gunmen kill couple, dump corpses in vehicle boot in Anambra

Two persons suspected to be husband and wife were killed, and their corpses were dumped in the boot of their vehicle, a Toyota Camry with the registration number EE-621-EU.

The two corpses were seen by passersby at a lonely place along the Tempo Junction, Umunya axis of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, in the early hours of Wednesday.

Currently circulating on social media is a video showing the dark-coloured Toyota vehicle being surrounded and inspected by passersby. The vehicle doors were wide open, while the two corpses were dumped inside the boot.

The blood dripping from beneath the vehicle boot showed the deceased may have been freshly murdered.

DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Anambra State Police Command, confirmed the incident.

Ikenga added that the police officers attached to the Oyi Division have recovered and deposited the two lifeless bodies in a mortuary, while investigations have commenced to unravel the circumstances surrounding their deaths.

“Police personnel attached to the Oyi Division led by the DPO at about 7:30 am today 24/1/2024, have recovered two lifeless bodies, abandoned in a car boot along the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway.

“The operatives also recovered the abandoned vehicle and some expanded cartridges at the scene. Meanwhile, bodies have been deposited in the morgue and investigations have commenced.

“Preliminary information revealed that those persons, a man, and woman, with marks of violence and gunshot injuries all over their bodies, were murdered and abandoned in a black Corolla car with reg plate number Lagos AAA 621 EU. Further details shall be communicated, please,” Ikenga added.