Kidnapped Anambra Lawmaker Found Dead

The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed this in a statement in Onitsha.

He said the lawmaker’s body was found on the Second Niger Bridge.

Recalled that the lawmaker was allegedly kidnapped by yet-to-be-identified gunmen while returning home at Ugwunobamkpa road  road, Inland Town in Onitsha, on Dec. 24, 2024.

According to Ikenga, the Joint Security team, comprising Police and the Anambra Vigilante Group (AVG) Operatives on a mission to rescue the lawmaker, regrettably found his lifeless body in the early hours of today, at the Second Niger Bridge.

“As soon as I get more details, I will keep you updated, as the joint security team has taken over the scene, and operation is ongoing for possible arrests of the perpetrators,” he said.

The killing of Azuka brings to two, the number of sitting Anambra lawmakers kidnapped and murdered by gunmen.

Recall that the member that represented Aguata Constituency One, Hon Okechukwu Okoye was abducted alongside his aide, Cyril Chiegboka, in 2022, along Aguluzigbo road, Anaocha Local Government Area of the state.

He was later found dead, beheaded, at Chisco Park in Amichi, a community in Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state, six days after he was abducted.