The Delta State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old herbalist, Amechi Okwuokenye, together with his 26-year-old brother, Smart Okwuokenye, for their alleged involvement in the kidnapping and killing of two men in Owa-Alidima, Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State.
Police spokesperson SP Bright Edafe confirmed the arrests in a statement on Sunday, noting that the victims’ remains had been recovered and deposited in the mortuary for autopsy.
According to Edafe, the case began on 30 September 2025, when Friday Liberty, aged 22, visited the herbalist but never returned home.
“It was a case of the hunter becoming the hunted,” Edafe stated, explaining that Liberty’s family became anxious after several days without hearing from him.
Investigations revealed that Liberty’s girlfriend told the family she had overheard a conversation linking him to a certain herbalist. When contacted, the
herbalist denied seeing Liberty but offered to perform “spiritual incantations” to bring him back. After the family spent money with no result, they petitioned the Agbor Area Command on 14 October 2025.Detectives launched an intelligence-led operation and eventually arrested the herbalist on 23 October 2025, after finding him hiding inside a refrigerator in his shrine.
During interrogation, Amechi allegedly confessed that he and his brother had kidnapped Liberty and a motorcycle rider, Isioma Ugbeje, who had transported him to the shrine.
The suspects reportedly demanded a ₦10 million ransom but killed both men when their plan failed, dumping the bodies in a soakaway pit near the shrine.
“The suspects are in custody, and the victims’ remains have been evacuated for autopsy,” Edafe confirmed.
Commissioner of Police, Delta State Command, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda, assured the public that justice would be served after a full investigation.
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