Police arrest 9 suspects over murder of Anambra lawmaker

Nine suspects allegedly involved in the murder of Justice Azuka, the member representing Onitsha North 1 Constituency in the state House of Assembly have been arrested by the Anambra State Police Command.

The arrest comes 24 hours after Azuka’s decomposing body was found by the roadside at the second Niger Bridge following his abduction on December 24, 2024, along Ugwunaobankpa road in Inland Town, Onitsha.

Revealing the arrest on Friday, the Commissioner of Police in Anambra, Nnaghe Itam disclosed that Azuka’s body was discovered by the joint security team during their mission to rescue the lawmaker.

Itam shared that on the day his corpse was found, the command’s men in a joint operation with Anambra State Vigilante operatives acting on intelligence-led information apprehended nine suspects allegedly actively involved in the incident.

He added that two pump action guns were recovered from the suspects and that one of them was injured in the leg during a gun duel with the policemen.

Those arrested are 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).