The Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a middle-aged man identified as David Anoke, by yet-to-be-identified gunmen.
The victim was murdered over the weekend at Court Area, Okposi community in the Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
Confirming the incident, the Police spokesperson, SP Joshua Ukandu, said the command was investigating the killing, adding that officers had been deployed to the area.He also noted that normalcy had since returned.
“Yes, the command is investigating the killing of one person in Okposi. Meanwhile, officers have been deployed to the area and normalcy has since returned,” Ukandu stated.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Ohaozara Local Government Area, Ajah Chinonso-Consider, has said that extrajudicial killings in Ohaozara must stop.
Chinonso-Consider said that the local government had always been known as a land of peace, unity, and co-existence, fostering economic growth and development across the three communities of Uburu, Okposi, and Ugwulangwu.
“We cannot allow the activities of criminal elements to tarnish this reputation or destabilise our people.”