Three Men Brutally Murdered In Anambra Community, Police Begin Investigations

The Anambra State Police Command, Wednesday, commenced investigations into the alleged murder of three persons at Nkpor community in Idemili Local Government Area of the state.

THE WHISTLER reports that the trio of Izuchukwu Idemili, 32, of Nkpor; Chidi Oforma, 31, of Nkpor, and Bongo Muoghalu, 45, of Umouji, were murdered Wednesday around 1:40pm. Police sources said the incident allegedly took place when two unknown boys drove a black unregistered Mercedes V-boot, and opened fire on the crowd shortly after the inauguration of Nkpor community tax force at the Civic Centre, Eke Nkpor.

CSP Haruna Mohammed, the police PRO, Anambra State, stated that, “Following the report, police detectives attached to Ogidi Division, led by the DPO, CSP Ekuri Remigius, visited the scene and rushed the three victims who sustained gunshot injuries to Crown Hospital, along Nkpor-Umuoji road, for medical attention where all the three victims were certified dead by the medical doctor. The corpses had been deposited at the hospital mortuary for autopsy. Two expended ammunition of 7.62mm were recovered at the scene as exhibits.”

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Mr Mohammed said the case was being investigated to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident, adding that efforts were being intensified to apprehend perpetrators of the act in order to bring them to justice.

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Our correspondent reports that the slain men were allegedly trailed to the venue of the meeting, where they were killed by the assailants, causing stampede in the process.