Wednesday 4 March 2015

PDP Candidate Arrested For Murder In Ebonyi

Police in Ebonyi state have arrested 38 year old Chidi Ejem, a PDP
House of Assembly candidate in Ebonyi State over a murder case.
According to the States Police spokesperson, Chris Anyanwu, over the
weekend, hoodlums attacked some Labor Party supporters in the state
and in the process killed one Udu Emegha, 36.

Police said investigations into the killing led them to the home of
Chidi Ejem where cutlasses stained with blood, a gun and other weapons
were found. Continue...

Anyanwu explains;

"A group of hoodlums numbering up to 23 were led by one Emmanuel
Innocent from Amaigbo Etiti Edda and they besieged the house of the
deceased and attacked him, beating him to comma. The said Udu Emegha
gave up the ghost, later the team of police operatives rounded up the
said Emmanuel and others in the house of one Chidi Ejem. Chidi is a
candidate of House of Assembly and a 38-year- old man. The exhibits
recovered include three cutlasses with blood stain, a single barrel
gun and some expanded cartridges. The state CID has just commenced
investigation into the matter and the cause of this murder will be
unraveled. We have in our net Chidi Ejem, Emmanuel Innocent and 35
others. So far we have arrested 37 suspects in connection with the
murder."
--LIB

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