Police in Ebonyi state have arrested 38 year old
Chidi Ejem, a PDP House of Assembly candidate
in Ebonyi State over a murder case. According to
the States Police spokesperson, Chris Anyanwu,
over the weekend, hoodlums attacked some
Labor Party supporters in the state and in the
process killed one Udu Emegha, 36.
Police said investigations into the killing led
them to the home of Chidi Ejem where cutlasses
stained with blood, a gun and other weapons
were found. Continue...
Anyanwu explains;
"A group of hoodlums numbering up to 23
were led by one Emmanuel Innocent from
Amaigbo Etiti Edda and they besieged the
house of the deceased and attacked him,
beating him to comma. The said Udu
Emegha gave up the ghost, later the team
of police operatives rounded up the said
Emmanuel and others in the house of one
Chidi Ejem. Chidi is a candidate of House of
Assembly and a 38-year- old man. The
exhibits recovered include three cutlasses
with blood stain, a single barrel gun and
some expanded cartridges. The state CID
has just commenced investigation into the
matter and the cause of this murder will be
unraveled. We have in our net Chidi Ejem,
Emmanuel Innocent and 35 others. So far
we have arrested 37 suspects in connection
with the murder."
