POLICE IN ENUGU BEGIN INVESTIGATION INTO ANIMAL CRUELTY CASE

The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Kanayo Uzuegbu, has condemned the actions of a young man, simply identified as “High Chief Enenie Nwa Ite,” in series of viral videos posted on Facebook, wherein he is seen exhibiting all manner of unthinkable acts of cruelty to animals under the guise of performing rituals.

The is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Enugu by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe.

The statement describes the act as barbaric and primitive for a 21st century human being anywhere in the world to perform, let alone someone in Enugu State, Nigeria, where there exist laws forbidding and criminalizing such acts.

Consequently, the Commissioner has ordered the State Criminal Investigation Department (State CID) to, in conjunction with Nsukka Area Commander, conduct a full-scale investigation that will lead to the immediate arrest and prosecution of the prime suspect, alleged to be a native of Ovoko community in Nsukka Local Government Area.

The CP, therefore, urges local and international individuals and organizations that have intercepted the viral videos and expressed deep concern over inconceivable acts depicted therein, to keep faith with the Police in ensuring that justice prevails. He assures that everything will be done within the ambit of the law to bring the suspect and his cohorts to book.