Police Deny Killing Man, Girl Friend in Enugu

Enugu State Police command has denied reports making the rounds that its operatives killed a young man and his girlfriend in Enugu.

A statement issued by the spokesman of the command, Daniel Ndukwe stated that the  Commissioner of Police, Abubakar Lawal has ordered  thorough investigation of the incident and urged motorists to cooperate with police officers on road duties.

“The attention of Enugu State Police command has been drawn to a viral video alleging that “the Police shot a young man and his girlfriend dead, at Monkey roundabout, close to EFCC office”, Enugu and hereby wishes to set the record straight as follows:

“That on  July 21, 2022 at about 2.pm, a team of Police operatives serving in No. 3 PMF Enugu, while on routine stop and search duty at EFCC roundabout, Independence Layout, flagged down the driver of a Lexus Saloon Car. The driver, rather than stop, recklessly zoomed off, knocking down one of the operatives and pulled him along to a distance of about four poles, before he was forced to stop by the other members of the team, who immediately went after him. In the bid to restrain the driver from further escape, one of the operatives fired a knee level shot, which got him in the thigh,” he stated.

Ndukwe explained that the policeman, inspector Aneka Ndayi, who sustained severe bodily injuries and the said driver, one Ogwuike Christian have been moved to the hospital and are responding to treatment and in stable conditions.

“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Abubakar Lawal, has ordered the deputy commissioner of police in-charge of the State CID, to thoroughly investigate the incident and come up with actionable findings.

“The CP urges residents of the state, particularly motorists, to always cooperate with Police officers legitimately performing road duties, to avoid occurrence of this nature. Further developments will be communicated,” he stated.