Some police officers in Anambra State have allegedly shot and killed a 24 year old man, simply identified as Ebuka. The incident, according to a Human Rights Activist, Harrison Gwamnishu, happened yesterday along Onitsha/Owerri Road, in Anambra State. Harrison said the officers involved are currently in hideout, adding that Ebuka was rushed to the hospital and confirmed dead. His body has been deposited at the mortuary.
He called on the authorities, especially the office of the Inspector General of Police, IGP, and the Anambra State Police Command to identify the officers involved.
However the Anambra State Police Commissioner, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, has ordered the immediate detention of some police officers in the state over the murder of an innocent civilian in Onitsha.
According the Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Ikenga Tochukwu, in a statement issued to newsmen on Wednesday, CP Itam ordered the immediate detention of the members of the police patrol team along the Owerri Road, Onitsha, following an ongoing investigation into the murder of the victim.
The statement reads, “CP Itam orders detention of police patrol team members over the murder of an unsuspecting member of the public along Owerri Road, Onitsha“As preliminary investigation indicates among the patrol team, a police corporal the suspect in the act.
“The CP directs immediate transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department, (SCID), Awka, sues for calm and assures that the Command will ensure a thorough investigation into the case for justice to prevail.
“Further development shall be communicated