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The Ebonyi State Police Command has detained four people in connection with the murder of Peter Nweke, a PDP chairman.

The state police leadership claims that on March 18, 2023, Nweke was tortured to death by thugs who were thought to be supporters of a rival party.

While serving as his party’s agent in the region, Nweke was killed at the Umuezeokaoha hamlet in the state’s Ezza North Local Government Area.

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The Ebonyi State Police command said that the suspects had admitted to the crime in a statement issued through its spokesperson, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya.

The statement reads, “During the interrogation of the suspects, the first suspect, Leonard Kelechi Nwali, a Labour Party House of Assembly aspirant, Ezza North Constituency, confessed to hiring the assailants who were meant to torture the late Peter Nweke. However, he died in the process. According to him, the late Peter Nweke posed a threat to his political ambition, so he contacted one Akwasi of Umuezeoka, in Ezza North LGA, who spearheaded the torture that eventually resulted in the death of Mr Peter Nweke.

“The second suspect, Onyebuchi Chita, of Nkomoro community, in the same local government area, confessed to having brought in the killers from Nkomoro into Ogboji community, where Peter Nweke was killed.

“The third suspect, Aloke Obinna, of the Ogboji community, confessed to having given his motorcycle to one Onyebuchi Chita for escape after the incident.

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“While Ifeanyi Nwokpuku, the fourth suspect, of Ogboji community in Ezza North LGA, conspired with one Sampson Nweke, who pointed Peter Nweke out to the killers.”

Onovwakpoyeya said the suspects would be arraigned at the end of the investigations.

 

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