Nigeria, Feb. 16 -- The police in Anambra State, South-east Nigeria, have arrested three people linked to the kidnap and murder of three Cameroonians in the state.

Tochukwu Ikenga, the police spokesperson in Anambra State, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.

Three women from Cameroon were kidnapped when they visited Onitsha in early November for a business trip.

The police in late November recovered their decomposing bodies from Omambala, a river in Anambra West Local Government Area of the state.

Two of the victims were identified as Bognou Alice and her niece, Sandra.

Two Nigerian men - Nonso Akpeh, 37, and Kingsley Akpeh, 44 - were later arrested in connection with the incident.

In the Monday statement, Mr Ikenga, a superint...