{"id":80439,"date":"2024-04-03T06:52:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T06:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofnaija.ng\/?p=80439"},"modified":"2024-04-03T06:52:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T06:52:31","slug":"okuama-killings-nine-suspects-now-in-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofnaija.ng\/2024\/04\/03\/okuama-killings-nine-suspects-now-in-custody\/","title":{"rendered":"Okuama Killings: Nine Suspects Now In Custody\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The police on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of one more suspect linked to the murder of six policemen<\/a> in Delta State.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This brings the number of arrested suspects to nine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Force spokesperson, an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Olumuyiwa Adejobi, confirming this said he was giving an update on progress in the investigation into the tragic incident that occurred in Ughelli, Delta State on February 23, where the men on a fact-finding mission were ambushed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThree days later, (February 26), other men on a rescue mission were also ambushed, resulting in the death of six policemen and missing of six others<\/em>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fallen officers were identified as Inspector Abe Olubunmi (IRT), Inspector Friday Irorere, Sergeant Kuden Elisha, Sergeant Akpan Aniette, Sergeant Ayere Paul, and Sergeant Ejemito Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ACP Adejobi, who featured on a national television programme Tuesday night, noted that the arrests were made possible through rigorous investigative efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cI can confirm to you that we have arrested nine of the suspects. We had earlier arrested five, last week. We arrested three thereafter and on Sunday, we arrested one.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

READ ALSO:<\/strong> Okuama Killings: Army Whisks Monarch To Abuja<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFrom the investigations so far, these were suspects that were directly involved in the incident. Those we have been able to pick up are helping us with the ongoing investigation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt may take us time, but we\u2019ll definitely get the required information to prosecute them. There\u2019s no way you can kill any of our men and go scot-free.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cApart from being a criminal offence, a sin forbidden by all religious groups, it is a disservice to attack and murder our security operatives on official duties in that manner.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese were not only murdered, the corpses were mutilated and dismembered and video of the scenes were circulated to the public.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adejobi therefore vowed that all those connected with the incident, still at large, will be arrested in due time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He stated also that the police were working towards the recovery of the missing men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are still waiting to recover all the corpses.\u00a0 We have recovered three, but three are still missing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The police spokesman dismissed the reports of discouragement within the police, saying: \u201cNotwithstanding cases of attacks against our men, our men are undeterred to carry out their responsibility of maintaining peace and order across the country.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adejobi noted that the Inspector-General (IG), Kayode Egbetokun, has been doing a lot to keep the spirit of rank and file within the polce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe IGP has contacted the families of the six and the IGP has decided to give them posthumous awards scheduled for April 15.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn same day, men who have distinguished themselves and are still in service will be honoured. This will be the first time that officers across board will be honoured.\u00a0 Our fallen heroes will be honoured also.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll police officers, who have done so well, will be recognised. All the entitlements of the fallen heroes will be fast-tracked and settled.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nation <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The police on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of one more suspect linked to the murder of six policemen in Delta State.\u00a0 This brings the number of arrested suspects to nine.  Force spokesperson, an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Olumuyiwa Adejobi, confirming this said he was giving an update on progress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofnaija.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80439"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofnaija.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofnaija.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofnaija.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofnaija.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80439"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofnaija.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80441,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofnaija.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80439\/revisions\/80441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofnaija.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofnaija.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofnaija.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofnaija.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}