By Kamil Opeyemi
The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested a suspect for alleged connection to the gruesome murder of a lawmaker in the Nsukka axis of the state.
This is contained in a statement by the Command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, on Monday in Enugu.
“Police operatives of the command have arrested one male suspect and a member of the criminal gang, alleged to have attacked and murdered one Duhu Nelson Sylvester Nnacheta a.k.a “Ofunwa”.
“Nnacheta, who is identified as the Councilor representing Eha-Ulo ward in Ehalumona community, was shot and gruesomely murdered on July 16, 2023, at about 11:30 p.m., at Umualoji village in Ehalumona community of Nsukka Local Government Area.
“Meanwhile, the state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Ahmed Ammani, has ordered intense discreet investigation and manhunt of the assailants,” he said.
Ndukwe said that further development would be communicated in due course on the matter.