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  • Updated: April 02, 2021

Fresh Suspects Arrested Over Attack On Former CBN Governor Soludo

Fresh Suspects Arrested Over Attack On Former CBN Governor S

The Anambra Police Command says it has arrested four new suspects in connection with the reported attack on Professor Chukwuma Soludo, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

The command’s Spokesman, Deputy Superintendent of Police Toochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the fresh arrest in a statement issued in Awka on Thursday.

Ikenga gave the names of the four suspects as Mbah Victor (30), John Olisakwe (21), Chigozie Omeh (20), and Emmanuel Nnobi ( 28).

“The suspects confessed to have actively taken part in the attack and subsequent abduction of the Commissioner for Water and Public Utility, Mr. Emeka Ezenwanne,” the statement states.

It was further stated that the command had intensified efforts to rescue the commissioner.

According to report, Soludo was attacked by gunmen at a political gathering in his Isuofia hometown in Aguata Local Government Area on Wednesday.

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It was gathered that three police orderlies attached to him were killed by the gunmen. The police had earlier confirmed the arrest of one suspect in the wake of the attack.

According to him, “Efforts are still ongoing to apprehend other fleeing accomplices, unravel the circumstances surrounding the incidence and bring the suspects to book,” he stated.

The command reaffirmed its commitment toward ensuring the safety of residents of the state.

It called on the people to assist the command with useful information that would help to tackle crime and criminality in the state. 

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