Anambra Police Apprehend Nine Suspected Killers Of LP Lawmaker (Pictures)

No fewer than nine suspected killers of a Labour Party’ Lawmaker Justice Azuka have been arrested by security operatives in Anambra State.

Recall that INFORMATION NIGERIA had reported that Mr. Azuka was kidnapped and gruesomely murdered by his abductors after few weeks of his abduction.

It was gathered that his decomposing body was discovered by the roadside near Second Niger Bridge in the early hours of Thursday.

Speaking over the arrests of the nine suspects in a statement on Friday, Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Nnaghe Itam, said that a joint security team comprising police operatives and the state’s Vigilante Group personnel had launched a mission to rescue the abducted lawmaker, only to find his lifeless body.

Itam disclosed that two pump action guns were recovered from the suspects following their arrest, adding that one of the suspects sustained a gunshot injury in his leg during a gun duel with the police operatives.

He said: “Our interaction today is to highlight some of the notable breakthroughs recorded by the Anambra State Police Command on major incidents in the state within the period under review.

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“Many of you are aware of the gruesome murder of Justice Azuka, the State House of Assembly member representing Onitsha North Constituency 1 in the Anambra State House of Assembly who was abducted on December 24, 2024, in Onitsha.

“This serious incident motivated the Command to go the extra mile in intelligence gathering and discreet investigation.

“In the early hours of February 6, 2025, at the Second Niger Bridge, the joint security team comprising the police and AVG operatives, on a mission to rescue the abducted State House of Assembly member representing Onitsha North, found his lifeless body at the scene. (May his soul rest in perfect peace.)

“The arrested suspects include: Ugochukwu Onuorah (30); Ikemefuna Ossai (20); Ikenna Orugu (27); Chibuike Obiefuna (19); Chinonso Olisa (19); Chinedu Okoli (21); David Ojini (25); and Peter Sunday (20), described as the most notorious, with a tattoo on his chest reading “No peace 4 d Government.”