{"id":100436,"date":"2022-10-18T08:19:36","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T07:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=100436"},"modified":"2022-10-18T08:19:36","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T07:19:36","slug":"policeman-attached-to-lawmaker-kills-colleague-in-abia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/policeman-attached-to-lawmaker-kills-colleague-in-abia\/","title":{"rendered":"Policeman attached to lawmaker kills colleague in Abia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Police Inspector attached to the member representing Isiala Ngwa North State Constituency, in the Abia State House of Assembly, Hon. Ginger Onwusibe, identified as Ugwor Samuel, has been shot dead in Umuahia.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pointblanknews.com gathered that the policeman was shot by his colleague, Inspector Atule Benedict, who is also attached to the lawmaker.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Eyewitnesses said a disagreement had ensued between the two policemen during which Inspector Atule shot his colleague.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The killer policeman was said to have resisted efforts by other policemen in the team to disarm him.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was learnt that the killer policeman went berserk and threatened to kill more policemen. After resisting arrest, he was alleged to have escaped to unknown destination with his AK-47 rifle.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the eyewitnesses, &#8220;There was a disagreement between the two policemen, nobody knew the cause of the disagreement. Inspector Atule pulled his gun and shot his colleague. He threatened to shoot more policemen and resisted efforts to disarm him by other policemen in the team. And the Inspector died before he could get medical attention. The killer policeman also escaped arrest ,but we heard he later handed himself over to the police.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The remains of the late policeman has been deposited at the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Umuahia.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The suspect later handed himself over to State Criminal Investigation Department,(SCID), Umuahia, where he is currently detained.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police Public Relations Officer, Abia State Command, Geoffrey Ogbonna, a Superintendent of Police, confirmed the incident and added that investigation has commenced ,even as the killer police is already in Police custody.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The policemen are from Special Protection Unit (SPU), Base 15 Anambra State, but attached to Hon. Ginger Onwusibe. The erring policeman is in custody while the deceased is in the morgue. Case is under investigation by State CID Umuahia.&#8221;<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Police Inspector attached to the member representing Isiala Ngwa North State Constituency, in the Abia State House of Assembly, Hon. 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