Two of the suspects involved in the gruesome killing of Late Hon Justice Azuka, a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly have escaped from detention.
Preliminary information reveals that following the confession of the criminal gang, two of the suspects escaped while assisting the Investigating Officers in an Operation to recover the Operational vehicles that the gang used in their deadly activities.
TheNewsGuru reports that the Anambra State Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement issued on Tuesday in Onitsha, confirmed the incident, noting that disciplinary action had been initiated against officers implicated in the escape of the suspects.
Ikenga further noted that the Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, was informed on February 18 about the escape of the two suspects linked to the killing of the Onitsha 1 Constituency lawmaker.
In response, the Commissioner deployed human, operational, and intelligence resources to track and re-arrest them.
“Preliminary information reveals that following the confession of the criminal gang, two of the suspects assisting the Police Investigating Officers in an operation to arrest the receiver and recover the operational vehicles used in their activities, escaped,” Ikenga stated.