Police Arrest Man For Kidnap And Murder of 25-year-old Woman, Recover Decomposing Body From Shallow Grave In Evil Forest

The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a suspect, Goodnews Iberi, 26, in connection with the kidnapping and k!lling of a 25-year-old woman identified as Rita Eleonu.

Iberi, a native of Rumuaakunde community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, was arrested following investigations into the disappearance of Eleonu, who hails from Rumuekini community in Obio Akpor Local Government Area.

The spokesperson for the Command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, January 12, 2025 said the suspect, with his gang, had lured the victim to an evil forest along the Emuoha axis of the East-West Road in the state before k!lling her.

According to the PPRO, the gang subsequently kidnapped the girl and contacted her family, who paid a N210, 000 ransom to secure her freedom.

Unknown to them, the suspects later killed the victim and buried her in a shallow grave in the forest.

The suspect, who was arrested in his hideout in the early hours of January 8, 2026, confessed to the crime during interrogation and led the policemen to the forest where the girl’s remains was exhumed.