Operatives of the Imo State Police Command have arrested two brothers, Lucky and Uzoma Amadi, for allegedly killing their elder brother, Orindu, and burying his body in a shallow grave in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of the state.

The suspects were said to have concealed the alleged crime by repeatedly telling community members that their elder brother had travelled.

Suspicion, however, grew in the community after the brothers reportedly gave conflicting accounts of Orindu’s whereabouts, while all attempts to reach him on the phone failed. This prompted youths of the area to storm the Amadi family compound on Tuesday morning, demanding an explanation from the duo.

An eyewitness, Chidiebube Okeoma who spoke to journalists said the brothers allegedly confessed to the killing in a bid to avoid being lynched by angry youths. According to him, the suspects claimed that Orindu was responsible for the death of their father about 10 years ago under what they described as questionable circumstances.

Following the confession, the suspects reportedly led the youths to a shallow grave within their compound, where Orindu’s remains were exhumed. Okeoma said the situation quickly degenerated, with the youths threatening to carry out jungle justice on the brothers.

“It took the timely intervention of policemen from the Mbieri Police Division to save them,” Okeoma said, adding that a private citizen had alerted the police to the unfolding crisis.

The suspects have since been taken into police custody, while investigations into the incident are ongoing.

The President of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Ibrahim Gusau, has said that fans of the Super Eagles can expect to see some new young players in the team.

He also complimented the team’s progress during their time with head coach Eric Chelle.

The football chief highlighted the team’s strong attacking play and the rise of young players as the main good things from their AFCON tournament.

Chelle took over in January 2025 and led Nigeria to a third-place finish at the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.

The Super Eagles did not lose any of their games during regular time in the tournament.

Gusau looked at how the team played and pointed out that Nigeria did well in scoring goals and keeping clean sheets as signs of improvement, even though they didn’t win the trophy.

Gusua said, “After the AFCON tournament ended, even though they did not win the trophy, they were the team that scored the most goals in the whole competition as well as being the only team that did not lose any matches except for those penalty kicks. That shows the team is getting better.”

The Super Eagles scored 14 goals in the tournament — eight in the group stage and six in the knockout rounds — which made them the top scorers in the competition.

They also maintained clean sheets during the knockout phase and only let in four goals in the group stage, which put them among the top defensive teams.

He added, “The most important part is finding some new young talents. There are more players still coming because you know what even makes us have some issues even in trying to introduce more of the young players is that we intend to have some quality friendly matches during the November window, unfortunately, we have to go to the playoffs.

“So, if we don’t have the playoffs, we plan to let the coach try some young players during the friendly matches we’re going to play in November.

“It’s not always easy for a coach to just bring in a new player and put him in a big tournament, but moving forward, we have the March window to do that.

“I believe we are still going to give him a chance to bring in some young players who will be added to the team. Nigerians should have higher expectations from the team and the coach.”

During the tournament, the Malian coach gave competitive starts to young players Salim Fago and Tochukwu Nnadi.