The Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service has handed over an arrested Enugu State native doctor, Obi Levi Obieze, to the Lagos State Police Command.
This, according to the police, is for further investigation of the suspect.
In a statement released on Friday on X, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, said that Obieze was now in police custody.
He said, “ONGOING: @nigimmigration, Lagos State Command hands over wanted suspect, Obi Levi Obieze, to @LagosPoliceNG at the Police Command Headquarters, Ikeja.”
Obieze, also known as Levi Obu Onyeka, was arrested on May 29, 2025, by operatives of the Nigeria Immigration Service at the Gbaji checkpoint along Badagry-Seme Road while attempting to leave the country on a motorcycle.
His arrest followed credible intelligence linking him to the abduction, kidnapping, and alleged ritual killing of a 13-year-old girl in Isiagu Community, Enugu State.
The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Kemi Nandap, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued by the agency’s Public Relations Officer, AS Akinlabi, on Thursday.
“The suspect is a male individual wanted by the Nigeria Police Enugu State Command for alleged involvement in abduction, kidnapping, and ritual killing,” Akinlabi said.
Obieze, a native doctor from Umuajor village in Enugu, was reportedly part of a group of three men who abducted one of his victims on May 27, 2025, while she was walking with her father to the farm. The girl was later rescued from a shrine allegedly linked to Obieze.
According to the NIS, Obieze’s identity was confirmed through a National Identity Management Commission enrollment slip found in his possession. He also reportedly confessed to the crimes during initial questioning.