19 year old girl strangled and thrown into a septic tank by relatives in Port-Harcourt.

A 19 years old girl identified as Chiburuoma Boms was allegedly strangled to death and thrown into a septic tank by persons said to be her relations.

The River state police command on Thursday, January 24 stormed Ibe Street in Elekahia, PHALGA, acting on credible information and arrested six persons in connection with the crime.

They are currently helping the police in the investigation while her corpse have been evacuated from the pit and taken to the mortuary for autopsy.

In a statement by the police public relation office DSP Nnamdi Omoni, he said that the CP has ordered for the transfer of the matter to State CID, while efforts are on to arrest other suspects at large.

The statement further said the Commissioner of Police, Zaki M Ahmed appealed to residents of Elekahia to remain calm as the Police is poised to bring the perpetrators of the dastardly act to justice, urging the public to be vigilant and report all suspicious movements/persons to the Police.

Source: Nationalhelm.