BY DAVID NWANKWO, ABAKALIKI
Mrs. Urenwa Kalu Chima, wife of Ebubeagu Commander in Afikpo South Local Government Area,Mr Oyeku Kalu Chima, has been killed and his house set ablaze by hoodlums.
The incident took place on January 1, 2023, at about 0230hrs.
A statement by the Police spokesman, Ebonyi State Command, Chris Anyanwu, on Sunday, said it had not been established meantime, who perpetrated the dastardly act.
However, the said Ebubeagu Commander alleged that it was one Okporie Ashango and his cohorts that did it, according to the statement.
The statement reads: “A report filed in by CSP Ayodele Umujose, the Divisional Police Officer, Afikpo-South Division, Ebonyi State, has it that the Ama-Etiti Amaoso Edda Youth Leader, Nnachi Mba, reported that, at about 0230hrs of 01/01/2023, the house of the Afikpo-South Ebubeagu Commander, Oyeku Kalu Chima located at Owutu Edda, was attacked and set ablaze while his wife Urenwa Kalu Chima
was shot dead.
“It has not been established meantime, who perpetrated the dastardly act, however, the said Ebubeagu Commander alleged that it was one Okporie Ashango and his cohorts that did it.”
The statement added that “the Commissioner of Police Ebonyi State Police Command, CP Aliyu Garba psc (+) has directed that immediate investigation be activated by the Deputy Commissioner of Police in-charge the State Criminal Investigation/Intelligence Department (SCIID) to unravel those behind the crimes.
“Further to that, detectives of the SCIID and operatives of the Command’s Tactical Teams have taken over proceedings in the area as the CP orders that the perpetrators must be fished out and brought to book pronto.
“It is rather unfortunate that mischief-makers are still fomenting fracas in the State in spite of the grace of witnessing a new year!”
