We’re On Trail Of Killers Of Enugu Market Association Chairman – Police CP
By Anne Osemekeh, Abuja
The Enugu State Police Command says its operatives are on the trail of the armed assailants that shot and murdered the chairman of Ogbete Main Market Traders Association (OMATA), Enugu.
Enugu Command’s spokesperson, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, who disclosed this on Sunday, said the Police Commissioner in the state, CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, has charged tactical operatives to ensure that the suspects are hunted down.
The market association’s chairman, Mr. Stephen Aniago, was on Saturday, 14 September, 2024, shot and killed at Topland, along Amechi Road, Enugu, around 8:20pm, by unknown armed hoodlums in a Toyota Corolla car.
They double-crossed the victim, and after shooting him, made away with his blue-coloured Toyota Corolla car. He was taken to the hospital by police operatives who hastened to the scene but was confirmed dead by doctors. His corpse was deposited in the mortuary for preservation and further investigative actions.
CP Uzuegbu, who has ordered tactical squads of the Command that are on the trail of the assailants to deploy all the intelligence and operational resources at their disposal to hunt the criminals down, has also ordered the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the state CID to conduct a discreet investigation to unravel the circumstances of the incident.
“CP Kanayo assures the public that the police will leave no stone unturned in bringing the perpetrators of the dastardly act to book soonest”, Ndukwe stated.
