A vulcaniser named Onyema Okonkwo has been arrested for the murder of Chinwendu Achumba.
Ms. Wendy Achumba, a female student of the College of Nursing, Umuadara Umulogho, was found murdered on Thursday, May 21, in her off-campus lodge in Umulogho in the Obowo Local Government Area of Imo State.
Her throat had been slit so viciously that she was almost decapitated.
The suspect Onyema Oonkwo arrested in connection with her death confessed that he and another man gained entrance into her house, took turns in raping her, and then killed her.
According to reports, the vulaniser had tried wooing the suspect but she rejected his advances.
The victim reportedly scratched the vulcaniser during the attack as she fought the men off.
When he saw that she recognised him, he allegedly killed her and made away with her phone.
