CRIME NEWS
Ex-Anambra lawmaker Killed:
Police arrests second suspect in his murder
A second suspect who had participated in the dastardly killing of a former lawmaker in Anambra State and president general of Nimo community, Hon Frank-Anthony Igboka has been arrested.
The former lawmaker was three weeks ago riddled with bullets in his
Chevrolet SUV in Oye Nimo market at about 8pm.
Sources from his community attributed his killing to cultists, who had
been ravaging the community before he became the president general and banished
the cultists from the community.
Governor of the state, Chief Willie Obiano had placed a N5million
bounty on the heads of the killers for anyone with information that could lead
to their arrest, but later increased it to N15million after the kingpin of the
killer gang known as Transformer was arrested a week ago.
State police commissioner, CP Mustapha Dandaura in a press briefing on
Monday said a second participant in the killing has been arrested.
He said, “Last week Monday, 29/4/2019 I paraded one of the kingpins who
actively participated in the dastardly act and declared three others wanted.
“It would also be recalled that in the same vein, His Excellency,
Governor Willie Obiano increased the reward to Five Million Naira (N5,000,000)
on each of the three suspects declared wanted in order to fastrack Police
investigation.
“In view of the foregoing and following credible intelligence report,
the Command Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) had on Friday 03/5/2019 at about
7:30pm arrested the second principal suspect, one Okoye Ernest Chinwe aka (IBB)
‘m’ aged 34 years of Obosi in Idemili North LGA of Anambra State who was
initially concealed and later mentioned by the first suspect following discreet
investigation.
“The suspect was traced and arrested in his hideout at old INEC road
Awka. Upon interrogation, he confessed to being among the gang members that
shot and killed the President General and is assisting the Police with useful
information that could lead to unveiling the circumstances surrounding the
incident and arrest other fleeing accomplices.”
Dandaura thanked the Governor of the state, Willie Obiano and the
people of Anambra State whom he said were observed to have been very
cooperative with the law enforcement agencies in the quest to arrest the
killers of the former lawmaker.
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