The Enugu state Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Ammani, has ordered the intensification of the discreet investigations and manhunt of the criminal elements, who on Thursday night February 22, at different locations, ambushed and simultaneously attacked and murdered Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) members in the state, and also attempted to attack the convoy of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate.
According to a statement signed by the Enugu State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe said that the Commissioner stated this after visiting the scenes of the incidents the same night at Topland by Ebony Paint Road and Eke-Otu both in Amechi-Awkunanaw, Enugu.
The Commissioner, while strongly condemning the barbaric acts, has commiserated with the Parties and family members of the deceased, vowing to ensure that the perpetrators are fished out and made to face the full wrath of the law.
He, therefore, reaffirms the undiluted commitment of the Police and other Security Agencies to emplace adequate security for peaceful and credible elections in the State, while urging the citizens not to succumb to the cowardly antics of the hoodlums, which is aimed at creating fear and to disrupt the electoral process.
Preliminary investigations into the incidents show that the armed hoodlums, operating in a tricycle, attacked a PDP campaign Mini Bus at Topland by Ebony Paint Road, Amechi-Awkunanaw Enugu, and used a petrol bomb to set it ablaze, burning to death its driver, simply identified as one KC Great.
Similarly, another set of the same armed assailants, operating in a Hilux vehicle, attacked and set ablaze the campaign vehicle of the Labour Party, at Eke-Otu Amechi-Awkunanaw Enugu, burning to death the Party’s Senatorial Candidate for Enugu East Senatorial District, Barr. Oyibo Chukwu and his Assistant with him in the vehicle.
However, the miscreants were repelled by Security Operatives while attempting to also attack the convoy of the Governorship Candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) at Eke, Agbani, Nkanu West LGA.
“Normalcy has generally been restored in the mentioned locations, while further development will be communicated.” the statement read
