Imo State Police Command has concluded plans for the arraignment of five men who brutalised a 55 year-old woman, Mrs. Ndudiamaka Agu, who is based in Emekuku, Owerri North Local Government Area of the state.
In a viral video which has been circulating for more than a week, six men allegedly manhandled the woman, lifting and throwing her heavily against a building wall, leading to public outcry.
The men were said to have visited Agu unexpectedly in her marital home and attacked her because she was suspected of cooperating with some policemen during their visit to carry out an investigation in the community.
In a statement issued on Monday evening, the spokesperson for the command, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, Henry Okoye, he regretted that one of the men had run away, stating that the police were in pursuit of him to arrest him.
Okoye in a statement said: “The Imo State Police Command wishes to provide an update on the investigation ordered by the Commissioner of Police, CP Aboki Danjuma, into the viral video showing Mrs. Agu Ndididamaka being assaulted in Emekuku, Owerri North LGA. In furtherance of the CP’s directive for swift action, operatives of the X-Squad Unit have arrested five suspects linked to the barbaric assault.
The arrested suspects are Onyekachi Njoku, 40 years ‘m’; Chiazor Osuji, 45 years ‘m’; Chukwuma Iwuala, 46 years ‘m’; Eugene Njoku, ‘m’; Njoku Emmanuel, 35 years ‘m’ all of Uboegbelu in Emekuku in Owerri North LGA.”
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) disclosed, “All five suspects have made confessional statements admitting their roles in the attack.
Meanwhile, the sixth suspect, identified as Onyedikachi Njoku, is still at large, and operatives are intensifying efforts to apprehend him.”
On the extent reached to take the suspects to the court, he explained: “The Commissioner of Police condemns the assault in its entirety and reaffirms that intimidation of citizens who lawfully cooperate with the Police will not be tolerated. The arrested suspects will be arraigned in court soon with the appropriate criminal charges.”
