BREAKING: Police Inspector Shot Dead While on Holiday With Family

• Augustine Ukegbu, a police inspector in Imo state, was shot dead by some on-the-run gunmen while he was on holiday with his family
• The assailants were reported to have stormed the home of the police inspector and kidnapped him in a Lexus Jeep
• His remains were later found in the bush where the killers had abandoned it along with the jeep with which he was taken away with

Owerri, Imo - Some unknown gunmen have killed a police inspector identified as Augustine Ukegbu in Imo state.

The senior police officer was killed when he was in his village at Umuoshike Ogbor in the Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo state, The Punch reported.

Details of the killing of a police inspector by unknown gunmen

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Several sources disclose that he was at home with his family in celebration of Easter.

One of the sources disclosed that the inspector was kidnapped as soon as he arrived from his base in Owerri, the Imo state capital and his body was later found in a bush around Mbutu in the Aboh Mbaise local government area.

The inspector who was serving at the Orji police divisional headquarters in Imo state was reportedly kidnapped at the residence around 11 pm on Saturday, April 8. The assailants were said to have come in a Lexus Jeep.

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One of the sources recounted that:

“The abduction was reported at Oke Ovoro police Division. The jeep he was kidnapped with was later found abandoned along the Mbutu Road in Aboh Mbaise. Policemen visited the scene and the surrounding bush was searched, and the inspector’s corpse was found.”

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The source added that the remains of the police inspector were deposited at the mortuary by some police operatives, while the jeep used to kidnap him was recovered by the security operatives.

Court Order: Police seal Labour Party secretariat in Imo

Legit.ng earlier reported that the secretariat of the Labour Party in Imo state had been sealed by the police.

Umar Farouk, the national secretary of the party, disclosed this in a statement, alleging that the police connived with the state government to carry out the unlawful action.

Farouk said similar action happened in March, but this time, this state government cited a court order for its action of which the Labour Party was not aware.

Source: Legit.ng