Police Arraign Enugu Traditional Ruler, Four Others

The police in Enugu State, Thursday, arraigned five suspects, including the traditional ruler of Igga community in Uzo-Uwani Council Area, Igwe Herbert Ukuta, for alleged murder.

A statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe in Enugu said the suspects, Festus Okonkwo, Ofodile Titus Henry, Sunday Ugwu and Obinna Ayogu, were arrested for masterminding the unprovoked and unwarranted attack and gruesome murder of two policemen and three members of neighbourhood, on Friday, May 3, 2024, at Igga community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area.

Ndukwe said the suspects were arraigned on Thursday and remanded in the Nigerian Correctional Custodial Centre, Enugu.

The police spokesman said the suspects were arraigned for the offenses of conspiracy, terrorism, and murder upon being found culpable during investigations.

“It will be recalled that on the said date, a combined security policemen and neighbourhood watch group, providing security for a team of investors on a visiting tour to a proposed agricultural investment site in the area, was ambushed and attacked by a large group of armed criminal elements harboured in the community.

“However, the remains of the two (2) policemen and three (3) members of the neighborhood watch group murdered by the assailants, were later recovered following the revelations of the traditional ruler and others earlier arrested and detained on court orders.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Kanayo Uzuegbu, has reiterated the resolve of the Command to bring everyone involved in the senseless act to justice.

He cautioned those hell-bent on using the social media, insidious and clout-chasing online media publishers to propagate falsehoods in a bid to divert public attention from the mind-boggling issues in the case, to desist forthwith, warning that the command would not be deterred or distracted from getting to the root of the ugly incident by such unfounded media smear campaigns.