Police in the Northern Region have detained two Nigerian men over the suspected killing of their fellow countryman at Sanzirigu, a community near Tamale.
The suspects, named as Daniel Victor Eze and David Oko Ewa, were picked up at Tatale near the Ghana-Togo border after a tip-off. This followed the discovery of the lifeless body of 36-year-old Nkemujika Uzorchuku Eze in his room on Saturday, July 11, 2026.
Responding officers said they met the victim with a deep gash on his forehead and a towel forced into his mouth. His bedroom had also been looted. A wooden pestle suspected to be the murder weapon, plus other materials, were taken in for lab tests.
The corpse was moved to Tamale Teaching Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead. It is now at the hospital morgue awaiting postmortem.
Preliminary findings show the deceased lived in a 3-bedroom house with his wife, Peace Uzorchuku, the two arrested men and another Nigerian, Godwin Nwafor.
In a release, the Northern Regional Police said the two were nabbed while trying to flee to Togo. During questioning, they reportedly confessed to plotting the murder after a disagreement over money from suspected online scams.
A search after their arrest also yielded phones, laptops, a tablet, jewelry, watches, clothes and IDs believed to have been taken from the victim’s room.
The items are being kept as evidence.The suspects are being held and are due in a Tamale court on Monday, July 13, 2026. The Command added that probes are still underway, including forensic analysis and efforts to obtain CCTV recordings from the area. It is also calling on residents to share any useful information to help the case, and promised that everyone linked to the crime will face the law.
