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.
A statement by the spokesperson of the command, DSP. Tochukwu Ikenga on Thursday said that a police team had been commissioned to undertake discrete investigation into the attack.
ASHENEWS recalls that Soludo was attacked at a townhall meeting in Isuofia community in the Aguata local government area of Anambra, at which event three policemen reportedly died on Wednesday.
Soludo is the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, candidate for the governorship race, which election is slated for Nov. 6.
According to the statement, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Monday Kuryas had visited the attack scene late on March, 31.
“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 statement reads.
Ikenga said the police commissioner later visited Soludo at his home to commiserate with him on the incident.
