… as Igwe Obosi warns criminals to remain at their own peril
By Chuks Eke
Anambra state police Çommand has launched a manhunt for the assassins who attacked the Chief Security Officer, CSO of Obosi community in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state, Sir Dan Igbokwubili, few days ago.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Tochukwu Ikenga who disclosed this to newsmen on phone, confirmed that the command has received the report of the incident and has swung into action to fish out the perpetrators of the dastardly act.
The suspected assassins had waylaid Igbokwubili and shot at him severally but he barely managed to escape death by the whiskers as the suspects allegedly riddled his private vehicle with bullets and thereafter set it ablaze.
Igbokwubili, an ex-police officer who was appointed as CSO by the traditional ruler of Obosi, Igwe Chidubem Iweka (Eze Iweka III) and his cabinet members, was accosted along the road by the assassins while driving home.
According to the source, the assassins had laid an ambush along the road and as Igbokwubili was approaching his residence, they opened fire on his vehicle riddled it with bullets while he felled down and pretended to be dead.
As he regained his consciousness, the source continued, he took to his heels and was pursued by one of the assassins but as a trained police officer, he retreated and kicked the assassin with his leg, hitting him on the penis and when the assassin slumped, he barely managed to escape and rushed to a nearby hospital for medical attention.
Commenting on the incident, Igwe Iweka who spoke to newsmen on phone, regretted that the attack came at a time when the community is celebrating its independence from the grip of cultists, assassins and kidnappers.
He recalled he had given Igbokwubili a special award during the last Ito Ogbo cultural festival in May, this year for his superlative successes in crime fighting in Obosi Kingdom since his appointment as CSO.
Igwe Iweka however warned that Obosi community would not fold its arms and watch hoodlums have a field day in the community, even as he noted that efforts are still being intensified to leave no stone unturned in tracking down the culprits.
Also reacting to the incident on phone, Igbokwubili declared: “Hired assassin’s blocked me on the road near my house but to the glory of God, I escaped death. They fired a lot on me and later burnt down my jeep. Please join me to thank God for his mercies upon me”
