By Chijioke Agwu, Abakaliki
Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested one of their colleagues over alleged involvement with the murder of a police officer, who was shot to death last month during a robbery incident in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital.
Theniche gathered in Abakaliki that the police officer was arrested Thursday, May 12, 2016, morning and detained for questioning following alleged links to the murder of their deceased colleague.
A source in the command who pleaded anonymity hinted disclosed that the police man was arrested following information made available by other suspects arrested in connection with the matter.
It would be recalled that a police officer, who was attached to the NNPC Mega Filling Station along Abakaliki-Enugu Express Road was on April 8, 2016, shot and killed by some hoodlums while returning from his duty post.
But police reports said that the late police officer was shot to death while trying to rescue victims of armed robbery along Abakaliki-Enugu Express Road.
The Police Public Relations Officer for Ebonyi State, ASP George Okafor, said that his colleague was arrested in the course of investigations into the murder of their late colleague.
He said, “On April 8, 2016, a police officer on duty was shot and killed and his rifle taken away from him by armed robbers along Abakaliki-Enugu Express Road. In the course of our investigations, we arrested some suspects, and the arrest of the police man is also part of the investigations.”
Okafor denied the speculation that the police officer, now suspect, was the one who shot his late colleague to death, saying that until investigations were completed, nobody could confirm who shot him.
He however promised to brief reporters as soon as the police were done with their investigations.
