Following the EndSARS protests in Abia state, the state Police Command
have arrested a 70- year old man and 20 other suspects over alleged
killings, looting, and burning of property
Parading the suspects, the State Commissioner of Police, Mrs. Janet
Agbede disclosed that the protesters, who killed two policemen in the
state, beheaded and burnt one of them to ashes.
Agbede said one FNC rifle with 12 rounds of live ammunition was
recovered from the home of the 70-year old man identified as Umunna Eze.
She explained that while the military and police repelled the hoodlums
from attacking the Umuahia Correctional Centre, the looted and burnt the
police D7 unit at the old Zone 6 Annex, along Omoba road, Aba.
The CP said the hoodlums further destroyed five banks, one high Court,
one Magistrate Court, and Aba Town Hall while the church inside the
complex was also razed.
Other properties destroyed include the Abia State Fire service station
at Aba, 102 government and privately owned vehicles, street lights in
Aba and Umuahia as well as the dislodging of traders at Onions, Yam, and
Water Melon Markets in Aba.
While refuting reports that Fulani people are regrouping for an attack
on Abia people, the CP gave the hoodlums a week to return the looted
properties or face the wrath of the Law.