Attack on Soludo: Anambra Police arrests five suspects

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested five suspects in connection with the attack on a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Chukwuma Soludo.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Monday Bala Kuryas, has also visited Soludo and ordered security to be beefed up around him.

Spokesperson of the Anambra State Police Command, Mr Toochukwu Ikenga, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, said in a statement that four more suspects had been arrested after an earlier arrest of a suspect.

“Police operatives attached to Anambra State Command today, April 1, 2021, arrested four additional suspects in connection with the recent attack and gruesome murder of three policemen at Isuofia Civic Centre in Aguata LGA of Anambra State.

“The suspects, who are all male, include Mbah Victor, aged 30 years; John Olisakwe, aged 21 years; Chigozie Omeh, aged 20 years and Emmanuel Nnobi, aged 28 years.

“The suspects confessed to have actively taken part in the attack and subsequent abduction of the Commissioner for Public and Utilities, Mr Emeka Ezenwanne, who the command is working assiduously to rescue.” He said.

Ikenga said efforts were still ongoing to apprehend other accomplices, to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident and bring perpetrators to book.

He also quoted Kuryas as reiterating his commitment to ensuring the security of Anambra residents. Kuryas urged the public not to relent in providing information to assist the police to curb crimes.

Ikenga, in an earlier statement, said one suspect had been arrested in connection with the attack. Ikenga, however, did not disclose the identity of the suspect.

“CP Kuryas visited the scene of the attack on Wednesday night with a crack team of police operatives for an on-the-spot assessment to the venue, where the APGA governorship aspirant held a stakeholders/ community meeting at Isuofia Civic Centre in Aguata LGA.

“The police operatives led by the command CP also visited the former CBN governor to reinforce the security in his house and the community entirely.

“In his response, he (Soludo) thanked the commissioner and his team for the quick response.

“To this end, the CP while condemning the act, commiserates with the family and friends of the officers who paid the supreme price. He has ordered the immediate launch of a tacit investigation to unravel the mystery behind the incident as well as bring perpetrators of the barbaric act to book.

“He also called on the good people of Ndi Anambra to join hands in the fight against crime and criminality,” Ikenga said.

Zainab Sa’id