ABUJA, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)-ARISE News has announced that its late anchor, correspondent, and producer, Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu who tragically lost her life in an armed robbery on September 29, 2025 will be buried on Saturday, October 18, 2025.
In a video released on Saturday, the network stated that an “evening of tributes will be held on Sunday, October 12, 2025, at the THISDAY Dome, Central Business District, Abuja.”
“This will be followed by a service of songs on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, at the Corpus Christi Cathedral, Kaduna Street, Port Harcourt.”
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According to ARISE News, “Her internment in Anambra State on Saturday, October 18, will be preceded by a funeral mass at St. Theresa Catholic Church, Agulu.”
Maduagwu, aged 29, was a Nigerian lawyer, model, news anchor, reporter, and producer.
She was killed during a robbery at her residence in the Katampe area of Abuja, where a security guard, Barnabas Danlami, also lost his life.
Meanwhile, the Federal Capital Territory Police Command has apprehended 12 suspects connected to the incident.
The Command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, said in a statement on Friday that the robbery gang acquired their weapons from a supplier in the Niger Republic.
“Preliminary investigations showed that the syndicate procured its firearms including a locally fabricated AK-47 rifle, a pump-action gun, and a pistol from an arms dealer operating across the Nigeria–Niger border,” Adeh stated.
She further revealed that “all the suspects are from Kaduna and Katsina States and have confessed to obtaining their weapons from a yet-to-be-identified supplier in the Niger Republic.”
Detailing how the arrests were made, Adeh explained that the Commissioner of Police, Ajao Adewale, deployed a special investigation team led by DCP Aliyu Abubakar, assisted by ACP Victor Godfrey, to trace and dismantle the criminal network following Maduagwu’s murder.