The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of nine suspects allegedly linked to the brutal murder of Hon. Justice Azuka, the representative of Onitsha North Constituency 1 in the Anambra State House of Assembly.
Azuka was abducted on December 24, 2024, in Onitsha but his decomposing body was found in the early hours of Thursday February 6, 2025 at the 2nd Niger Bridge by a joint security team comprising the police and operatives of the Anambra Vigilante Group (AVG).
The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, confirmed the arrest of the suspects on Friday during a press briefing at the command headquarters in Awka, the state capital.
Itam said that following the recovery of Azuka’s corpse, the joint security operatives acting on intelligent-led information arrested nine suspects actively involved in the unfortunate incident and recovered two pump action guns.
“One of the suspects sustained a gunshot injury in his leg during a gun duel with the Police operatives,” the CP said.
He identified the arrested suspects to include 30-year-old Ugochukwu Onuorah; 20-year-old Ikemefuna Ossai; 27-year-old Ikenna Orugu; 19-year-old Chibuike Obiefuna, and 19-year-old Chinonso Olisa.
Others are; 21-year-old Chinedu Okoli; 25-year-old David Ojini, and 20-year-old Peter Sunday, described by the police as the most notorious of them with a big tattoo inscription of “No Peace 4 the Government” on his chest.
The police commissioner also said that operatives of the Command also arrested one Chidiebere Nwosu, a kidnap suspect in Uruagu, Nnewi area of the state and killed some of his gang members that were involved in the attack of police personnel attached to the Rapid Response Squad after an arrest on October 3, 2024.
He added, “We have also neutralised more than 100 notorious criminals and successfully destroyed many criminal camps in Ufuma, Eziowelle, Achalla, Ogbaru and many other places in the state.”
