Killers of slain Kwara police commissioner arrested

Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Abubakar, yesterday said seven of the suspected killers of the former Commissioner of Police in Kwara State, Chinwike Asadu, have been arrested and arraigned before a competent court in Enugu.
He also said that the seven suspects arrested in connection with the murder have confessed to the crime and others, noting however, that some of the suspects in the Asadu murder are still at large.
The inspector-general gave the names of those arrested and arraigned in court as Ogechukwu Uzor; Ogechukwu Nnadi; Ugwoke Obiora; Okwosa Anthony; Chukwudi Enete; David Elvis Aja and Amobi Nnamuchi.
Abubakar, who was on a working visit to Enugu State yesterday, also declared the state as one of the safest in the country.
He said his rating is anchored on the indices that the state has the lowest crime rate in the country, adding that the feat was made possible by the collaboration of the Enugu State government, the police and other security stakeholders in the state.
The inspector-general said this when he took delivery of 100 patrol vehicles donated by the state government to the police for further enhancement of security in the state.
He said Enugu’s emergence as the safest state was largely a result of the tremendous support the administration of Governor Sullivan Chime has been giving to the police and other security agencies in the state.
Abubakar later inspected the police formation in the state command and commissioned a clinic built for the police.
He said the latest donation of vehicles by the government was unprecedented in the sense that it included both patrol vans and sedans (saloon cars), adding that it fell in line with the new policy objective of his administration to move away from vans as is the practice in advanced societies.
He also promised that with the vehicles “a new brand of policing would commence in Enugu State because police officers would be adequately trained in the use of the vehicles,” stressing that the gesture was a challenge to the police, he charged officers and men of the Enugu State command to use the vehicles only for their stated purposes to rid the state of criminals.
The police boss warned that any abuse or misuse of the vehicles by the officers will be sanctioned.
Earlier while presenting the vehicles consisting of 50 patrol vans and 50 cars, Governor Chime remarked that it had been the policy of his administration since inception to partner with the police to maintain security.