Attack On Soludo: Police Arrest One Suspect

*As CP Orders The Launch Of Tacit Investigation To Bring
Perpetrators To Book

The police command in Anambra has confirmed the arrest of one
suspect in connection with the bloody attack by gunmen at the
country home of a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria,
Prof. Charles Soludo.

Mr Soludo was attacked at a campaign rally at a civic centre in
Isuofia in the Aguata local government area. Three policemen were
reported killed in the attack.

The attack occurred on Wednesday.

Mr Soludo is a top contender for the November 6 governorship
race on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance.

A statement by the police command, Tochukwu Ikenga, said a
police team was commissioned to undertake a discrete investigation
into the attack.

Mr Ikenga said the Commissioner of Police, Monday Kuryas,
visited the attack scene late Wednesday.

“The assailants were resisted by security operatives present at
the event, and in the ensuing gun duel, three police operatives
sustained severe gunshot injuries and were later confirmed dead in
hospital.

“Their corpses have been deposited in the mortuary. The
attackers abducted one Engr. Emeka Ezenwanne, the Anambra State
Commissioner of Public Utilities,” the police statement said.

Mr Ikenga added that the police commissioner later visited Mr
Soludo at his home to commiserate with him on the incident.
(NAN)

*As CP Orders The Launch Of Tacit Investigation To Bring
Perpetrators To Book

The police command in Anambra has confirmed the arrest of one
suspect in connection with the bloody attack by gunmen at the
country home of a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria,
Prof. Charles Soludo.

Mr Soludo was attacked at a campaign rally at a civic centre in
Isuofia in the Aguata local government area. Three policemen were
reported killed in the attack.

The attack occurred on Wednesday.

Mr Soludo is a top contender for the November 6 governorship
race on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance.

A statement by the police command, Tochukwu Ikenga, said a
police team was commissioned to undertake a discrete investigation
into the attack.

Mr Ikenga said the Commissioner of Police, Monday Kuryas,
visited the attack scene late Wednesday.

“The assailants were resisted by security operatives present at
the event, and in the ensuing gun duel, three police operatives
sustained severe gunshot injuries and were later confirmed dead in
hospital.

“Their corpses have been deposited in the mortuary. The
attackers abducted one Engr. Emeka Ezenwanne, the Anambra State
Commissioner of Public Utilities,” the police statement said.

Mr Ikenga added that the police commissioner later visited Mr
Soludo at his home to commiserate with him on the incident.
(NAN)