Police Detectives of Anambra State Command working with Umuoji Vigilante have apprehended the suspected killers of the town’s president-general, who was murdered in his home at the weekend.
In a press release issued by the DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, Police public relations officer, Anambra State Command, Awka, stated that the four suspects had been arrested.
DSP Ikenga also revealed that the handset and ATM Card of the deceased were recovered from them.
According to him, the sudpects , in their confession, named four other accomplices who were now being hunted by the Police.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye, who was away in Ibadan on official assignment for the opening ceremony of the 14th Biennial Police Games rushed back home when the news of the murder broke, to coordinate Police effort at unravelling the crime.
The CP who commended the Police in Ogidi and Umuoji vigilante for working together to apprehend the suspected perpetrators had directed State Criminal Investigation Department to deploy its forensic team to the scene of crime and take over the investigation.
He also mandated the homicide team in the State CID to apprehend the four accomplices still on the run and unravel the motive behind the gruesome crime.
The Commissioner of Police also assured Presidents-General across the state that their safety was of primary concern to the Police as they represent their people in governance by their town unions.
