The Anambra State government has commended the new Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mustapha Dandaura, for the arrest and quick prosecution of one Ikechukwu Udensi, known as Ikanda, suspected of masterminding the killing of a thirty-eight -year old businessman in Onitsha, Ndubuisi
Nwokolo last year.
A statement signed by the State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr. C-Don Adinuba said the victim was allegedly killed for resisting an attempt by some criminals disguising as government revenue agents to extort money from a commercial motorcyclist.
According to the statement, Governor Willie Obiano has written to the Police Commissioner to express satisfaction on how Police officers in Onitsha acted on a tipoff and arrested Udensi who was in a secret location waiting for his agents collecting revenues illegally to bring him money.
It said the Governor has carefully been studying the strategy which the Anambra State Police Command used to arrest this person on whom the state government placed a one million naira reward since last year and impressed by the fact that immediately Ikechukwu Udensi was arrested, he was taken to court to avoid any possible legal loopholes through which Udensi escape will from the law.
The statement reported the Information Commissioner as stating that Governor Obiano believes that the arrest and quick prosecution of Udensi showed that the new Police Commissioner is here to work for the people and has consequently bought into the state government development agenda which makes security of life and property the first cardinal objective of the current administration.
It stated that Chief Obiano believed that Udensi would have been caught long ago if he had remained in Anambra after Mr. Nwokolo’s murder noting that Udensi’s arrest and subsequent prosecution showed that the time is up for those who collect illegal revenues and make life unbearable for people as the long arms of the law will catch up with them, no matter how long they run and how well they hide themselves for now.
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