Twenty-six suspects have been arrested by the Police in Ebonyi state, South East Nigeria, in connection with the bloody gun duel that engulfed the Ekoli-Edda community in Afikpo south council Area of the state, on the 26th of December 2022.
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MUST READ : Ebonyi INEC, other stakeholders commit to seamless PVC collectionThe Police spokesman in the state, SP Chris Anywanwu, told Journalists at the command’s headquarters Abakaliki, that though it is crystal clear that the supremacy tussle raging between the two APC gladiators who are from the same community, had led to the fracas, findings from police investigations exonerated the duo
But, the key suspects, the state Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Stanley Emegha, and the party’s House of Representatives candidate, Eni Uduma Chima, are not among the fourteen suspects set to be arraigned before the court by the police, as the culprits.
MUST READ : Ebonyi INEC, other stakeholders commit to seamless PVC collection
The Police spokesman in the state, SP Chris Anywanwu, told Journalists at the command’s headquarters Abakaliki, that though it is crystal clear that the supremacy tussle raging between the two APC gladiators who are from the same community, had led to the fracas, findings from police investigations exonerated the duo
The boxing day fracas had led to the loss of three lives including that of a police inspector, as well as burning of houses and vehicles, and sundry other criminal acts.
Editor Paul Akhagbemhe
