The Custodian April 10, 2014
Three
officials of the Enugu State Waste Management Authority, ESWAMA, are currently
being grilled at the homicide section of the Enugu Police command following
their alleged involvement in the murder of 17-year old Chidiebere Ede at Abakpa
Nike Enugu on Monday.
Source
had earlier reported that Chidiebere was beaten to death by ESWAMA officials
where he had gone to dispose refuse.
The
brutal murder of the deceased has continued to generate serious reactions, with
residents of the state accusing the ESWAMA of treating people like common
criminals.
There are cases where married women were dragged naked from their homes into
waiting vehicles by ESWAMA officials.
Following
the latest development, there are renewed calls for the overhauling of ESWAMA
activities.
The
spokesman of the Enugu Police command, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, (DSP), who confirmed
the arrest, gave the name of the suspects as Ferdinand Nwoye (the team leader
of the ESWAMA team that carried out the beating), Chuka Egbosimba and the
driver of the bus used, Afam Agu.
Amaraizu
further stated that the police had launched manhunt for two fleeing members of
the team, adding that “the arrested persons are now helping the operatives in
their investigations”.
In
a related development, five men suspected to be members of an armed robbery
gang that has been terrorising 9th Mile Corner and its environs have been
nabbed by operatives of the special Anti Robbery Squad in Enugu.
They were apprehended on Monday during a raid carried out at a joint located at
Okwe Amaeke Ngwo in Enugu State.
The
police spokesman said “the suspects who gave their names as Oko Udenna, Ani
Ikechukwu, Okwor Ikechukwu, Ozoude Chukwuebuka and Omeh Chinedu are helping the
operatives in their investigations”.
“Item
recovered from them is a locally made and loaded revolver pistol”, he added.
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