Justice for Ebuka: Police officers arrested for causing the death of a 24-year-old man in Anambra
The Anambra State Police Command says it has arrested members of a patrol team in connection with the death of a 24-year-old man along Onitsha-Owerri road.
The deceased, identified simply as Ebuka, was shot and killed on Wednesday, September 4, 2024.
He was rushed to the hospital where he was confirmed dead.
Although details of the sad incident are still sketchy, the command in a statement said preliminary investigation indicates that a police corporal was the one who fired the shot that ultimately killed Ebuka.
The command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, in the statement on Wednesday evening, said CP Itam has directed the immediate transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department, (SCID), Awka, for a thorough investigation.
