JOINT SECURITY FORCE NEUTRALISES TWO SUSPECTED ASSILANTS IN ENUGU

Enugu State Police Command says a joint security force has neutralized two suspected assailants, who killed a former Commissioner in the state and erstwhile Chairman of Oji-River Local Government Area, Chief Gabriel Onuzuluike, and his elder brother.

The former Chairman and his brother were killed at Nkpokolo-Achi in Oji-River Local Government Area of Enugu State.

The Command’s Spokesman, Mr. Daniel Ndukwe, who made this known to newsmen, explained that the response of the joint forces followed a distress call.

“Pending the receipt of a detailed report, kindly be informed that preliminary report reveals that two (2) of the assailants, said to have infiltrated into Oji-River from neighbouring Anambra State community, in the evening hours of 18/11/2022, that attacked and murdered one Gabriel Onuzulike (identified as former Chairman of Oji-River LGA and Commissioner in Enugu State Government) and his brother were neutralized by a Joint Police/Army Team, who swiftly responded to a distress call on the incident and intercepted the hoodlums at Inyi community of the same LGA, as they were escaping into Anambra State,” it noted.

According to the statement, the team recovered an AK-47 rifle with two magazines loaded with ammunition, a Toyota Land Cruise SUV belonging to the deceased victims and a Toyota Camry car the assilants attempted to snatch from another victim, among other things.

“The Team further recovered one (1) AK-47 rifle and one (1) pistol with several live ammunition, while the Toyota Land Cruiser Jeep belonging to the deceased victims, a Toyota Camry car the assailants attempted to snatch from another victim and a RAV4 Jeep they used for the heinous criminal operation, two mobile phones, amongst other incriminating items,” the statement read.

The statement indicated that manhunt of the assailants, many of whom were said to have escaped escaped into nearby forest with severe degrees of gunshot wounds, is still ongoing.