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Police, AVG Vow to Hunt Down Killers of Nnewi Vigilante Commander To Enforce Sit-At-Home

Police in Anambra State and Anambra  Vigilante Group have vowed to hunt down killers of commander of Nnewi vigilante, Mr Eloka Ubajekwe.

Ubajekwe was killed on Monday by gunmen suspected to be separatists, who were enforcing the abolished sit at home protest initiated by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

He was killed alongside two others who were felled during a gun duel between the criminals and vigilante operatives.

The operatives had chased the criminals from Nnewi to Nnobi, after they abducted an innocent citizen, before the duel occured.

In a press release by their spokespersons, SP Tochukwu Ikenga and Mr Nweke Nweke respectively, they promised to stop at nothing to ensure that the killers are arrested and brought to book.

In a police press release, Ikenga said: “The Commissioner of Police CP Nnaghe Obono Itam has ordered an immediate manhunt operation on the armed men Operating in a red Highlander jeep, who abducted a citizen in Nnewi by 1:30 pm yesterday 17/6/2024 and were trailed to Nnobi, where they engaged security operatives in a gun battle

“During the gun duel, one of the security Operatives was fatally hit by the bullet and due to the indiscriminate shootings by the hoodlums in an attempt to escape the scene, the bullet also fatally struck two innocent passersby in the area. 

“The Police Responding Team at the scene recovered the bodies of the victims and took them to the hospital but regrettably, three of the victims including a 22-year-old lady were confirmed dead by the doctors on duty while two others are currently receiving treatment.

also in a press release, the AVG said: “No man, no matter how highly placed will waste innocent blood and go scot-free.

“The Anambra Vigilant Group, AVG has vowed to work round the clock alongside other security forces in the state to apprehend all involved in the killing of its Commander at Nnewi, Eloka Ubajekwe, and make the perpetrators to pay with their blood.

“The AVG has urged members of the public to help in volunteering information to the police and other forces that could assist in arresting the miscreants who hide under the umbrella of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)’s sit-at-home order to cause havoc in Anambra State,” Nweke said.

David-Chyddy Eleke in 

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