Two farm workers in Delta State, David Tacho and Daniel Orshio, have been arrested by operatives of the state police command for allegedly conspiring and killing the farm manager.
The duo is presently in custody while two other suspects, Pius Daniel and Victor Tacho, are said to be on the run.
The Police Public Relations Officer for the Delta State Police Command, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a press statement in Warri on Thursday.
According to the police spokesman, “On December 12, 2024, one Hyacinth Nnalue reported to the Akwukwu Igbo Division that his cousin, Chigozie Udalor, had been missing since December 10, 2024.”
Nnalue had told the police that the said Chigozie was the site manager at his fish pond in Bod Camp, Akwukwu Igbo community.
The PPRO stated that upon receipt of the information, the Divisional Police Officer commenced an investigation and later transferred the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department.
“Just like in the previous case of the murder of one Paulinus in Otokutu, the Commissioner of Police, Delta State, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda, directed the DPO Ekpan, CSP Aliyu Shaba, to carry out a technically-driven investigation,” the PPRO disclosed.
“Consequently, the DPO detailed operatives who commenced an intelligence-led investigation, and on March 31, 2025, they arrested one David Tacho while attempting to withdraw money from the victim’s account through his phone and also arrested Daniel Orshio who took part in the murder,” the statement added.
The police spokesman hinted that an investigation further revealed that Tacho is a brother to one Victor Tacho, who conspired with Pius Daniel (both presently at large), and Daniel Orshio, and murdered the victim.
Both David Tacho and Daniel Orshio are presently in custody.
A preliminary investigation, according to Edafe, revealed that “all four suspects were employed by the deceased who is the site engineer, but they discovered he had some money in his Moniepoint account and they conspired, used a hammer to hit him on his head, tied him and buried him in a shallow grave at the site.”
Meanwhile, the body of the deceased has been exhumed and awaiting autopsy while efforts to arrest the other two suspects are ongoing, the PPRO stated.
