From Ovat Mike,
Onitsha, Uchenna Ezeadigwe,
Awka
Less than 24 hours after gunmen attacked the former CBN Governor and the governorship aspirant under the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), in the forthcoming Anambra 2021 governorship election, the Anambra State Police Command, has said that it has arrested one suspect in connection with the incident.
The arrest was contained in a statement made available to journalists in Awka, on Thursday, by the State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ikenganya Tochukwu.
According to Tochukwu, the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Monday Bala Kuryas, in the evening hours of 31st March, led a crack team of police operatives for on-the-spot assessment to the venue of a stakeholders/ community meeting at Isuofia Civic Centre in Aguata LGA, which came under attack same date at about 1730hrs, by a yet-to-be identified armed hoodlums.
The assailants were resisted by security operatives present at the event and in the ensuing gun duel, three (3) police operatives sustained severe gunshots injuries and were later confirmed dead in the hospital, while their corpses have been deposited in the mortuary.
Following the incidence, the attackers abducted one Engr. Emeka Ezenwanne, the State Commissioner for Water Resources and Public Utilities.
Meanwhile, one (1) person has been arrested in connection with the act. Tochukwu said the CP also visited the former CBN Governor, Prof. Soludo to reinforce the security in his house and the entire community.
“To this end, the CP while condemning the act, commiserated with the families and friends of the officers who paid the supreme price, ordered the immediate launch of a tacit investigation to unravel the mystery behind the incident as well as bringing perpetrators of the barbaric act to book.
He also called on the residents in the state to join hands in the fight against crime and criminality.