By Ikemefuna Asika, Awka
Police Detectives of Anambra State Command working with Umuoji Vigilante have apprehended the suspected killers of the town’s President-General late Chief Silas Onyima, who was murdered in his home at the weekend.
According to a statement signed Police spokesman, Anambra Command, DSP Tochuwu Ikenga, four suspects have been arrested so far and the handset and ATM Card of the deceased were recovered from them.
In their confessions, they named four other accomplices who are now at large.
The Commissioner of Police, Aderemi Adeoye,
commended the Police in Ogidi and Umuoji Vigilante for working together to apprehend the suspects.
Adeoye directed the State Criminal Investigation Department to deploy its Forensic Team to the scene of crime and take over the investigation. He further mandated the Homicide Team in State CID to apprehend the four accomplices still on the run and unravel the motive behind the gruesome crime.
The Police Boss assured Presidents-General across the State that their safety is of primary concern to the Police as they represent their people in governance by their town Unions.
