Nigeria: Police Launch Manhunt For Killers Of Enugu APGA Governorship Aspirant, Udeh

The Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Ammani, has directed the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department and Tactical Squads of the Command to unravel the circumstances behind the murder of Mr. Dons Udeh. Ammani also ordered the teams to fish out and bring the perpetrators of the heinous crime to justice, within the shortest possible time.

The remains of the late Dons Udeh, a governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the recent governorship election in the state, were found four days after he was reportedly kidnapped. Reacting in a statement on Wednesday night, the state police command condemned the murder of Udeh.

The police said in the statement signed by the Command's spokesperson DSP Daniel Ndukwe that the lifeless and decomposing body of the deceased was found in a bush at 9th Mile Bypass in Udi Local Government Area on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at about 1100hrs.The command said his body had ‘marks of violence, which strongly suggest that he was murdered.

The statement further said, The corpse was evacuated to the hospital, where it was confirmed dead and deposited in the mortuary for preservation and medical autopsy by Police Operatives serving in 9th Mile Police Division of the Command. Meanwhile, preliminary investigation indicates that the deceased was reported to have been missing since Saturday, 22nd April 2023, at about 4pm, when he left his Enugu City home in a white-coloured Toyota Highlander Jeep, with registration number: ENU 800 NX, to an undisclosed destination.

All efforts made to trace his whereabouts proved abortive until his remains were found on the said date and location, while the vehicle was later found abandoned and recovered today, 26/04/2023 at about 10am, at Ngwo, along Old Enugu Road, Udi Local Government Area. Ndukwe, however, promised to provide updates on the investigation.