By our reporter 13.7.2026
Two Nigerians have been arrested by the Ghanaian Police for allegedly using a pestle to murder a fellow countryman over sharing of proceeds from their internet fraud activities.
The suspects identified as Daniel Victor Eze and David Oko Ewa according to the police murdered their colleague in trade Nkemujika Uzorchuku Eze, 36, on July 11, 2026, at his residence in Sanzirigu, a suburb of Tamale in northern Ghana. The suspects were arrested as they tried to flee into Togo and handed over to the Northern Regional Police Command.
“Preliminary investigations established that the deceased, his wife, Peace Uzorchuku, the two suspects and another Nigerian citizen Godwin Nwafor, were all residing together in a three-bedroom apartment at Sanzirigu, Tamale,” the police said in a statement.
“At the scene of the crime investigators found the deceased with a deep cut wound to the forehead, while a towel had been stuffed into his mouth. The room had also been ransacked.
“During the crime scene examination, police recovered a wooden pestle suspected to have been used in the attack, together with other evidential materials for forensic examination. The body was conveyed to the Tamale Teaching Hospital, where he was confirmed dead by a medical officer before being deposited at the hospital mortuary for preservation and autopsy,” the statement added.
The police said the suspects confessed to committing the crime.
“During interrogation, the suspects allegedly admitted conspiring to murder the deceased after claiming that he had been withholding proceeds they had obtained through internet fraud activities.
“The suspects remain in police custody and are expected to be arraigned before court on Monday, July 13, 2026, to facilitate the ongoing investigations,” the statement added.
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