Why Employees Killed Site Engineer In Delta

By Adesina Soyooye

“They hit him on the head with a hammer when they discovered the amount of money in his Moniepoint Account, tied him up, and buried him in a shallow grave.”

For finding out that he had quite some money in his Moniepoint Account, a Site Engineer in Delta State, Chigozie Udalor, has been killed by those he employed to work for him.

Nobody knows how they discovered how much he had in his account, but Engineer Udalor was killed in a most heartless manner. He was hit with a hammer on the head by his employees, tied up, and buried in a shallow grave at the work-site. What has not been confirmed is whether he was already dead before he was buried, or buried while he was unconscious. An autopsy will confirm that.

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The road to his gruesome end began when he went to the site he was supervising on December 10, 2024, but did not return home. After two days, a cousin of his reported at the Akwu-kwu Igbo Police Division that his cousin’s whereabouts was unknown for two days running. He also disclosed that his missing cousin was the one looking after his fish ponds for him.

In a statement on Tuesday,  SP Bright Edafe, Spokesperson for the Delta State Police Command revealed  how the Engineer met his end.

He  said: “On December 12, 2024,  one Hyacinth Nnalue reported to Akwu-kwu Igbo Police Division that his cousin, Chigozie Udalor, had been missing since the 10th of December 2024. He also stated that the said Chigozie was his site manager at his fish pond in Bod camp Akwukwu Igbo community.

“Upon receipt of this information, the DPO commenced an investigation and later transferred the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda, directed the DPO Ekpan CSP Aliyu Shaba to carry out a technically driven investigation.

“The DPO detailed Operatives who commenced an intelligence-led investigation. On 31st March 2025, they arrested one David Tacho ‘m’ who attempted to withdraw money from the victim’s account through his phone and also arrested Daniel Orshio who took part in the murder.

‘’Investigation also revealed that David Tacho is a brother to one Victor Tacho who conspired with Pius  Daniel, (both presently at large) and Daniel Orshio, and murdered the victim.

“The two suspects are presently in custody.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that all four suspects were employed by the deceased who was 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.

“Two of the suspects, David Tacho and Daniel Orshio, are presently in custody while two other suspects Pius Daniel and Victor Tacho are still on the run.

“The body of the deceased has been exhumed and awaiting autopsy while efforts to arrest the other two suspects are ongoing.”