Suleiman Anyalewechi, Aba
In keeping with its promise to hunt down those behind the dastardly attack on the convoy of the Abia state commissioner for Trade, Commerce and Industry Dr Chimezie Ukaegbu, the police on Friday July 28 said it has arrested three suspects in connection with the attack.
NewsCritic online reports that some suspected gunmen had on Tuesday July 25 ambushed and attacked the convoy of the commissioner while on a familiarization tour of some major markets in Aba the commercial nerve center of the state.
While the commissioner, escaped unhurt, two policemen, including one in his convoy lost their lives.
In a press statement issued and signed by the Abia state police command spokesperson Chinnaka Chioma Maureen, an Assistant Superintendent of Police ASP on Friday July 28, the police said the arrest followed a tip off by some credible sources.
The suspected gunmen were said to have been apprehended at a hotel in Ohanze Obingwa local council area on Thursday July 27 at about11.30am.
The statement further noted two revolver pistol and AK 47 ammunitions, were among some items recovered from the three male suspects.
Meanwhile, normalcy is gradually returning to the commercial city, after two days of disruptions of lawful activities, occasioned by police invasion of some markets and other parts of the Aba in what many had seen as reprisal attacks.
The resumption of normal activities is coming on the heels of a trouble shooting visit to the beleaguered commercial city on Thursday July 27, by the state Governor, Dr Alex Otti.
The state commissioner of Police Kenechukwu Onwuemelie, has also urged residents to go about their lawful activities, promising that the command will not relent in its determination to protect law abiding citizens, while making the state unsafe for undesirable elements.