Abraka Market Asaba Incident: Suspects arrested, Delta CP assures citizens of their safety

The Delta Police Command has in the early hours of Saturday, September 16, 2017 arrested two suspects namely: Abraham Ndudi ‘m’, 24 years old from Kwale, Delta State and Okereke Ifeanyi ‘m’, 21 yrs from Ogbaru in Anambra State for their involvement in the dastardly shooting and killing of four persons at Abraka market, Asaba yesterday, Friday, September 15, 2017 at about 10.45pm.

The suspects, who were arrested from their hiding place on the ceiling of a major hotel in Abraka, Asaba, where they had fled into in their dire bid to escape arrest, are already helping the police in their investigation. Meanwhile, efforts are on top gear to arrest the third suspect, whose real name is yet unknown but simply identified as Last Burial.

It will be recalled that on Friday, September 15, 2017 at about 10.45pm, three armed men, all in black outfits, suspected to be members of a cult group or Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) fired indiscriminately into Abraka market, Asaba, predominantly inhabited by non-indigenes of the state and in the process killed four persons namely: Usman Abdullahi ‘m’, aged 45years, Ali Sidi ‘m’, aged 70-year, Ibrahim Zubairu’m’ aged 30- year and Hauwa (surname unknown), aged 22-year, and injured five others who are currently recuperating at the Federal Medical Centre, Asaba

While promising that investigation has commenced on the incident with a view to finding out the motive behind the shooting and the possible involvement of other conspirators in the unwarranted shooting and wounding of innocent persons, the Commissioner of Police, Delta Command, CP. Zanna M. Ibrahim, psc, enjoins the non indigenes and indigenes alike not to panic or even contemplate any reprisal action as the law will surely take its course. The CP commiserates with the relations and friends of both the deceased and injured and assures them, as well as other citizens and residents of the State that everything humanly possible is being done by the police and other security agencies towards ensuring their utmost safety at all times.

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