Police tracking suspected killers of Fr. Offu – Enugu CP
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The Commissioner of Police in Enugu state, Mr Sulaiman Balarabe, on
Sunday, said that the police have been tracking some individuls
suspedted to be the killers of a Catholic Priest, Rev.-Fr. Paul Offu.
Balarabe made the disclosure on Sunday in an interview with the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu, while speaking on the efforts of the
command to arrest the suspects .
Offu, who was the Parish Priest of St. James Greater Parish, Ugbawka
in Nkanu East Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, was allegedly
killed on Thursday evening by yet-to-be identified gunmen.
He was reportedly shot and killed on the Ihe-Agbudu Road in Awgu LGA.
The police chief said: “We are still tracking some individuals believed to be connected with the crime.
The police chief said: “We are still tracking some individuals believed to be connected with the crime.
“However, soon, we will make arrest of some suspects.”
He appealed to residents of the state to assist security agencies
with useful information that could help in apprehending the hoodlums.
NAN reports that at least 200 Catholic priests in the state marched
round the major streets of Enugu metropolis on Friday, dressed in their
cassocks, to protest the dastardly act.
The clergymen took their protest to Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, who
subsequently convened an emergency joint security meeting of the Heads
of Security Agencies in the state.
Decisions reached at the meeting included a joint aerial surveillance
and patrol of forests in the state and thorough investigation of
persons returning unauthorised firearms to the command within three
days.
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