The Anambra State Police Command has arrested nine suspects allegedly involved in the killing of Justice Azuka, the member representing Onitsha North 1 Constituency in the state House of Assembly. Azuka’s decomposing body was discovered by the roadside near the Second Niger Bridge after he was kidnapped on December 24, 2024, along Ugwunaobankpa Road in Inland Town, Onitsha, while returning home for Christmas.
The Commissioner of Police in Anambra, Nnaghe Itam, announced the arrests in a press statement issued on Friday. He mentioned that a joint security team on a mission to rescue the abducted lawmaker found Azuka’s lifeless body.
On the same day his corpse was discovered, the police, in collaboration with Anambra State Vigilante operatives, arrested nine suspects believed to be actively involved in the incident based on intelligence-led information.
During the operation, two pump-action guns were recovered from the suspects. Itam reported that one of the suspects sustained a leg injury during a gunfight with the police.
The arrested suspects 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), who has a large tattoo on his chest reading “No peace 4 d Government.”
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