Lavaud Liana, 53, were on Monday night attacked by gunmen in their
home at Abomege axis of Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
The attack led to the death of Denis, who was allegedly shot in the
leg and given machete cuts in different parts of his body, until he
lost consciousness and died.
The state Commissioner of Police, Maigari Dikko, said 32 suspects were
in the early hours of yesterday arrested in connection with the
incident, and that they were being transferred to the State Criminal
Investigation Department, SCID, for further interrogation and
prosecution where necessary.
Dikko said the victims were tourists, who travelled through several
countries to get to Nigeria, adding that about 1,150 Euros and N13,000
were stolen from the victims by the hoodlums.
Arrested
Dikko said: "32 suspects were arrested in the early hours of this
morning (yesterday) and they were currently being transferred to the
SCID for investigation and screening."
According to him, the wife of the victim who reported the incident to
the police said she will be able to identify the people who killed her
husband if she saw them.
He said: "We got the report yesterday from the DPO of Onicha council
about the French nationals, a couple; they were tourists who left
their country in December 2014 and arrived Nigeria through Badagry on
May 3.
"They passed through Abeokuta, Benin, Onitsha, Enugu to Ebonyi with
their vehicle; they were passing through Ebonyi to Calabar, when the
incident happened.
"They arrived Abomega in the night. According to the widow, her
husband had complained that he was tired and since it was late, they
decided to pass the night there.
Attacked
"They did not report their presence to any law enforcement agents
around, but decided to look for a place that has natural shelter and
so they went two kilometres off the road to pass the night.
"They found a quarry site and decided to camp there. According to the
wife, when they were at the location, a motorcyclist and another man
asked them who they were.
"Unless investigation proves otherwise, we are thinking that the
motorcyclist was the informant to the hoodlums because an hour after
he left, three people came into the camp. By then, they had already
erected their tent atop the vehicle."
Dikko, who noted that the police headquarters and the French Embassy
had already been communicated over the incident, said the deceased was
shot by the hoodlums during an argument, and then further inflicted
machete cuts on him.
He stated that arrangements were on to ensure that the deceased, whose
body had been deposited in a mortuary in Enugu State, was transferred
to France without delay.
Dikko also reiterated the readiness of the command to clampdown on the
activities of miscreants in the state.
—Vanguard
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