The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Echeng Echeng, has described the murder of Honourable Okechukwu Okoye as barbaric and an act of cowardice.

 

In a press release signed by the Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, Mr Echeng recalled that the command’s operatives embarked on a rescue operation along Aguluzigbo-Umuona road, the day the lawmaker was abducted.

 

The Police Commissioner said while the rescue operation was still ongoing, a headless body was later seen and recovered by the Police along Nnobi-Ideani road, which was later confirmed as Honourable Okoye, adding that the corpse has been deposited in a morgue

 

The Commissioner of Police, while commiserating with the family and friends to the deceased, assured that the perpetrators of the dastardly act shall be brought to book.