An inspector named Obi Abri has been detained by the Delta State Police Command for the murder of one Onyeka Ibe at a checkpoint on the Ugabolu-Illah Road in the state’s Asaba region.
DSP Edafe Bright, the command’s public relations officer, announced this on his Twitter page on Wednesday.
The police inspector has been located, apprehended, paraded, and held, Bright stated in the tweet captioned “Alleged murder of one Onyeka Ibe.”
Justice will be served, the Command guarantees the public and the relatives of the dead.
He will be charged after an inquiry and an arraignment in court.
The ANAEDOONLINE had earlier reported that Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, ordered an investigation into the killing of a 26-year-old newly-married Onyeka by a policeman.
Okowa, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Olisa Ifeajika, decried the shooting of the deceased when Abri and his colleagues were conducting a stop-and-search operation along the Illah Road.
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The governor also appealed to residents not to take laws into their hands but should allow the police to conduct an in-depth probe into the circumstances that led to the sad incident.
ANAEDOONLINE Metro gathered that Onyeka and his wife were on their way to a destination in the state when some policemen stopped their vehicle at the checkpoint.
After stopping, one of the policemen reportedly demanded N100 from Onyeka and he paid.
It was learnt that after he paid the money, Abri approached him again and demanded another money but the 26-year-old refused.
It, however, led to an argument that degenerated and in the process, Abri shot Onyeka in the head.
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