- Dump body in bush
From Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri
Gunmen have killed a police inspector who was abducted at his country home Umuoshike Ogbor in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State on April 8.
The late police officer, identified as Augustine Ukegbu, according to a reliable source, was said to have gone to his village to celebrate Easter before he met his untimely death.
Unfortunately, he was said to have been abducted and later killed and his body dumped in a bush along Mbutu also in Aboh Mbaise,according to the source.
The source said “Inspector Augustine Ukegbu who was serving at Orji police divisional headquarters went home to celebrate the Easter with his family at Aboh Mbaise. Around 11pm on April 8, some gunmen riding in a Lexus jeep came and kidnapped him from his house in the village.
“The abduction was reported at Oke Ovoro police Division. The Jeep he was kidnapped with was later found abandoned long the Mbutu Road in Aboh Mbaise. Police men visited the scene and the surrounding bush was searched and the inspector’s corpse was found.”
The source said that the inspector’s corpse had been deposited in a mortuary in the area by some police operatives and the Lexus jeep he was kidnapped in recovered by his colleagues.
Ukegbu according to the source served at Orji police division . He was said to be an operative of Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Department.
Spokesperson for the police in the state, Henry Okoye, said that the command had commenced investigation into the kidnap and killing of the Inspector.