The Police have arrested suspected killers of a police orderly attached to Enugu State Deputy Governor, Mrs Cecelia Ezeilo. Enugu State Police Command spokesman, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. He said two suspects, Emmanuel Onyeabor and Kanu Oti, have been arrested for the murder.
He disclosed the two were arrested after exchanging gunfire with police operatives at their hideouts in the Lomalinda and Amorji-Nike areas.
The suspects sustained injuries in the shoot-out, he said. However, Amaraizu said other members of the killer gang escaped, some fleeing with gunshot wounds sustained during the encounter with the police.
The police spokesman appealed to members of the public to report anybody seen with bullet wounds.
“Emmanuel Onyeabor and Kanu Oti were arrested at their various hideouts in Lomalinda, Independence Layout area, and Amorji-Nike area of Abakpa, after a gun duel.
“Some of the gang members escaped with wounds. The command is requesting information from members of the public and hospital operators concerning anyone with injuries suspected to be bullet wounds,” he said.
According to him a phone said to belong to the deputy governor’s orderly was recovered from the suspects.
The suspects confessed that they only meant to rob the policewoman, but ended up killing her when she resisted their attempt to dispossess her of her valuables, Amaraizu added.
The orderly, Sergeant Helen Sunday, was killed in the Trans Ekulu area of Enugu last week Tuesday on her way home after work.
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