POLICE IN ENUGU STATE HAVE STARTED A MANHUNT OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALLEGED MOBBING AND LYNCHING OF TWO PERSONS AT EDE-OBALLA COMMUNITY IN NSUKKA AXIS OF THE STATE ON JULY 4.
ENUGU STATE POLICE SPOKESMAN, DANIEL NDUKWE, WHO MADE THIS KNOWN TO NEWSMEN IN ENUGU THIS WEDNESDAY, SAID THE TWO PERSONS WERE ACCUSED OF BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MURDER OF A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL FOR RITUAL PURPOSES.
NDUKWE SAYS PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION SHOWS THAT THE GIRL WAS INITIALLY REPORTED MISSING ON JUNE 28 AT ABOUT 1P.M, AND HER DECOMPOSING BODY WAS FOUND IN A BUSH IN THE COMMUNITY ON JULY 2, WHICH LED TO THE ACTION OF THE ANGRY MOB.
HE URGED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO DESIST FROM RESORTING TO SELF-HELP OF THIS NATURE, AND KEEP SUPPORTING THE POLICE TO PROPERLY INVESTIGATE AND SET THE GROUND FOR THE DISPENSATION OF JUSTICE IN CRIMINAL CASES.
