03/04/2025
Site Engineer Murdered by Employees Over Bank Account Balance in Delta State
Delta State, Nigeria – Tragedy struck in the Akwukwu Igbo community as a site engineer, Chigozie Udalor, was brutally murdered by his employees after they discovered he had a substantial amount of money in his bank account.
According to the Delta State Police Command, Udalor, 38, was employed by his cousin as a site engineer at a fish pond in Bod Camp, Akwukwu Igbo. He had hired four workers, all from Benue State. On December 10, 2024, the workers conspired against him, striking him on the head with a hammer and burying his body in a shallow grave at the site.
His disappearance was first reported on December 12, 2024, by his cousin, Hyacinth Nnalue, at the Akwukwu Igbo Police Division. The case was subsequently transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, where the Commissioner of Police, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda, instructed a special team, led by CSP Aliyu Shaba of the Ekpan Division, to conduct a thorough investigation.
Months later, on March 31, 2025, a breakthrough came when police arrested one of the suspects, David Tacho, while he was attempting to withdraw money from Udalor’s Moniepoint account using the victim’s phone. Another suspect, Daniel Orshio, was also apprehended. During interrogation, the suspects confessed that they, alongside two accomplices—Victor Tacho and Pius Daniel, who remain at large—hatched the plan to kill Udalor after learning about the funds in his account.
Following the arrests, authorities exhumed the victim’s body on April 2, 2025. His remains are now set for an autopsy, while efforts to apprehend the fleeing suspects are ongoing.
Delta State Police Command spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, has assured the public that the force is committed to ensuring justice is served, urging anyone with useful information to assist in tracking down the remaining culprits.
The tragic incident has left the community in shock, highlighting yet again the depths of man’s inhumanity to man.
