Vanguard Murder at dusk: Police in Enugu commence investigation on September 21, 2013 / in Crime Guard 9:20 am By Chinenye Ozor, Nsukka The Enugu State command of the Nigeria Police Force has commenced a full investigation into the incident of an alleged murder that occurred in Ogbodo- Amukwa Village, Nsukka. It was gathered that last Wednesday, at about 9.30pm, the neighbourhood watch group of Amukwa village were holding meeting at their town hall during which an alleged fight broke out between one Ndubuisi Agbo and Innocent Ozioko who is a member of the neighbourhood watch group. Consequently, Agbo was shot on his stomach. It was further gathered that the victim is not a member of the neighbourhood watch group but had allegedly gone to the meeting venue to disrupt it when the fight broke out prompting his being shot. He was later rushed to Bishop Shanaham Hospital for medical attention where he was also confirmed dead. Meanwhile, his corpse has been deposited at the hospital mortuary for post motem examination,and the suspect is already helping the police in their investigations. In another development, members of the public have been advised not to tamper with unexploded ordinance also known as UXO which is the left over of war anytime they come accross it while farming or digging because of it’s devastating effect. A statement from the Police in Enugu advised members of the public to report such discovery promptly to the nearest police station who will in turn notify its bomb unit for necessary action. This, according to the statemet, was necessitated by the report of discovery of unexploded ordinance received at a farmland situated at Umuhu, Awgu Local Government area of Enugu State. Meanwhile, men of the Anti Bomb Unit of the area have moved into the scene to evacuate the UXO.
Posted on: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 09:24:13 +0000