Anambra State Police Command says its detectives, working with Umuoji Vigilante, have apprehended suspected killers of the President-General of Umuoji in Idemili North Council Area of the state, Chief Silas Onyima.
The late PG was allegedly murdered in his home at Umuoji by gunmen over the weekend.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, four suspects have been arrested so far.
He revealed that the handset and ATM card of the deceased were recovered from the suspects.
According to him, the suspects in their confessions, named four other accomplices, who he noted are now being hunted for 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,” Ikenga revealed.
The PPRO said the CP who commended the Police in Ogidi and Umuoji Vigilante for working together to apprehend the suspected perpetrators, has directed the State Criminal Investigation Department, to deploy its Forensic Team to the scene of the crime and take over the investigation.
“The CP has mandated the Homicide Team in 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 is of primary concern to the Police, as they represent their people in governance by their town Unions,” Ikenga said.
