Nnewi, Anambra state – Following the grotesque killing of a middle-aged lady, Chiamaka Okeke, a instructor in Nnewi, Anambra state, on Tuesday, April 15, by an operative of Agunechemba safety outfit, the management of Nzuko-Ora Nnewi, umbrella physique of Nnewi city union, has referred to as on Governor Charles Soludo to promptly reorganise the safety outfit for optimum and consequence oriented efficiency.
Prince Jude Osumuo, the president basic of the union, stated that operatives of the safety outfit have continued to kill harmless residents, both within the identify of unintentional discharge or overzealousness.
Recall {that a} lady, merely recognized as Chiamaka Okeke, was gunned down by one Chinedu Okonkwo, an officer of the Operation Udo Ga-Achị (popularly referred to as Agụnechemba), alongside the Ibeto Junction, Nnewi, on Tuesday, April 15m when he was firing gunshots sporadically in an try and clear a site visitors jam on the junction in order that their safety patrol car might go.
Officers of the Nnewi Space Command subsequently recognized and arrested the 36-year-old suspect, who’s at present underneath detention.
The suspect, reportedly from Ezza, in Ebonyi state, was stated to have joined the safety outfit not too long ago, and was but to be issued an identification card as proof of his membership earlier than the incident.
Prince Osumuo, who led a excessive profile delegation to pay a condolence go to to late Chiamaka Okonkwo’s household at their Uruagu-Nnewi nation house on Thursday, April 17, reminded the Anambra governor that there have been already a number of reviews linking the newly fashioned safety outfit to so many unwholesome actions like bribery, reckless shootings and killings; warranting that the governor ought to look inwards and re-organize the outfit.
Osumuo thanked safety operatives for arresting and detaining the suspect, whereas urging the state police command and the Anambra authorities to not enable the problem to be swept underneath the carpet with out taking obligatory actions.
He assured the household that Nnewi will pursue the matter to a logical conclusion, stating that it is extremely painful to lose a beloved one even on the prime of her life.
Earlier, NewsWatch.com.ng reported that the safety outfit in Anambra state introduced plans to arrest ladies seen in public with out bras or panties.
The announcement, made through a public tackle system, was captured in a viral video shared on X (previously Twitter) on Sunday, February 16.
Within the video, an official of the safety outfit spoke within the Igbo language, claiming that the directive was issued by Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra state. Nevertheless, Governor Soludo has disowned the purported directive.
Supply: NewsWatch.com.ng
