The Anambra State Police Command has announced the arrest of
13 suspects for the alleged murder of a policeman and burning of four police
vehicles during Thursday’sattack on a checkpoint along Onitsha/Owerri
Road. The announcement was made in a statement signed by Assistant
Superintendent of Police Nkieruka Owude, Anambra State Police Command Public
Relations Officer (PPRO) on behalf the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Garba
Baba Umar.
The Anambra State Police Command has
announced the arrest of 13 suspects for the alleged murder of a policeman and
burning of four police vehicles during Thursday’sattack on a checkpoint
along Onitsha/Owerri Road.
The announcement was made in a statement signed by Assistant
Superintendent of Police Nkieruka Owude, Anambra State Police Command Public
Relations Officer (PPRO) on behalf the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Garba
Baba Umar.
A mob had attacked the checkpoint in protest over the killing
of a woman and three children by an articulated vehicle, which a policeman at
the checkpoint allegedly caused when he ordered the vehicle to stop.
The Anambra State Police Command said it received a distress
call at about noon that over 100 protesters had massed at the
checkpoint along Onitsha/Owerri Road, which was manned by a visiting Police
Mobile Unit attached to 3 Police Mobile Force (PMF) Enugu.
The protesting mob killed one Uchenna Ezike, a sergeant; took
away his AK-47 rifle, burnt four vehicles and destroyed part of Bontus
group. A preliminary investigation into the matter, claimed the
Police, revealed that the articulated vehicle, a Mercedes Benz 1513 lorry
(Registration number Anambra 859 GDD), lost control at the checkpoint and
knocked down a yet to be identified woman and three children.
The Police explained that on receipt of a distress call,
Police patrol teams led by Divisional Police Officer Okpolo rushed to the scene
to restore normalcy and arrested 13 suspects, including one Paul Igwe in whose
custody the rifle of the deceased Police sergeant was recovered.
The statement added that the Commissioner of Police has
ordered the conduct of a full-scale investigation to ascertain the actual cause
of the incident and fish out all those involved. In addition, the
statement said all the four victims of the incident, including the police
officer were rushed to Toronto Hospital in Onitsha for medical attention but
were certified dead on arrival by a medical doctor and their corpses were
deposited at the mortuary for postmortem examination.
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