{"id":74118,"date":"2020-06-12T19:00:31","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T18:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=74118"},"modified":"2020-06-12T19:00:31","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T18:00:31","slug":"anambra-community-wants-investigation-over-police-alleged-killing-of-80-year-old-widow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/anambra-community-wants-investigation-over-police-alleged-killing-of-80-year-old-widow\/","title":{"rendered":"Anambra community wants investigation over police alleged killing of 80 year-old widow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m7014945335542890386\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">Agulu community in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra state has called for a full investigation to unravel the alleged police killing of 80 year-old widow, late Mrs Mgbeke Ezeagha.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\nHowever, Police authority in the state, has denied any hand in the death of the woman.<\/p>\n<p>The late Octogenarian allegedly died on June 9 when some operative of the anti-cult unit of Anambra Police Command who went to effect arrest of some suspected cultists in Ifiteani, Agulu community.<\/p>\n<p>It was alleged that policemen who came for the arrest pushed her in the course of the operation following which died.<\/p>\n<p>The incident threw the community in a riotous mode and they protested against the incident, demanding justice<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are waiting for the police investigation result to unravel this heinoious act \u2026We are anxiously waiting for the conclusion of police investigation,\u201d Chief Andy Orakwelu, President General of Agulu Progressives Union said.<\/p>\n<p>Orakwelu said that peace and calmness had returned in the community after the protests that greeted the death of the octogenarian.<\/p>\n<p>He said there was no issues between the Police and community but they were eagerly waiting for the result of the investigations.<\/p>\n<p>According him, Agulu is calm, there is peace and no form of protest anywhere again.<\/p>\n<p>A police source said the policemen were not responsible for the death of the late woman.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The people would not have allowed the operatives to leave the scene without any form of resistance knowing fully well that an old woman was unconscious or dead as a result of police brutality.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed regret over the sudden death of the woman wondered the level of resistance an octogenarian could put up to make any sane police officer to push her.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, it is unfortunate that mama died on the day the arrests were made, it is a great loss to the family and the community, it is highly regrettable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was not neither unconscious nor dead at the time the Police team left, so it may not be correct to say that she died because of Police attack on her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only thing we want now was to determine the real cause of her death through autopsy, when autopsy is done there will more information on what led to her death,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Commissioner Anambra Police Command, John Abang, had ordered full scale investigation into the sudden death of late Ezeagha.<\/p>\n<p>Abang who expressed sadness over the unfortunate incident, assured the public that justice would be done in the matter and that the findings of the inquest would be made public.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/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>Agulu community in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra state has called for a full investigation to unravel the alleged police killing of 80 year-old widow, late Mrs Mgbeke Ezeagha.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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