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  • Killers of Kwara Police Commissioner arrested, says IGP

    Seven people suspected to have taken part in the killing of former Kwara State Commissioner of police, Chinwike Asadu have been arrested.

    The Inspector General of Police, Mohamed Abubakar  disclosed this on Wednesday in Enugu during his one day working visit to the State.

    According to him, the suspects, who were arrested with the arms and ammunitions they used to carry out the murder, have already been arraigned before a court of law.

    ” I know we have a nagging issue, that is the killing of our commissioner of police,  we have arrested seven of those who took part in his killing, it is a very sad and horrific event that took place and that is why when I came for condolence, I did made a promise that we will do everything humanly possible to get those who killed Asadu and I’m glad to tell Nigerians that seven of those who took part in the killing have arrested and have been arraigned before a court of law”. He stated.

    Abubakar  disclosed that the police was still searching for other suspects, adding that the arrested suspects were charged for murder.

    The Inspector General of Police said apart from killing Asadu, the seven suspects also confessed that they murdered other innocent souls.

    He warned that the police would not fold its arms and allow lawless people to terminate the lives of innocent people without being arrested, adding that the law must be implemented.

    On the policemen who were recently murdered in Nassarawa State, Abubakar said they were still carry out investigations.

    While describing the brutal murder of the policemen as callous and barbaric act,  he promised to brief the press on the outcome of their investigations at the appropriate time.

    The IGP commissioned the remodeled Police Hospital and Clinic in the South East and the vehicles procured by the government of Enugu State for the police.

  • Police will track down Asadu’s killers – IGP

    Police will track down Asadu’s killers – IGP

    …Condoles deceased CP’s family

    The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has promised that the police will track down the killers of late Chinwike Asadu, the Commissioner of Police in Kwara State.

    Abubakar made this known when he paid a condolence visit to the family of Asadu on Monday in Enugu.

    He restated that the killers of the police chief had “murdered sleep and will never sleep. It is a hard one for us something we cannot comprehend till now.

    “Like I said before, the killers have murdered sleep and they will never sleep. By the grace of God, we shall find the killers so that the family and the police will be comforted,’’ the News Agency of Police quoted the IGP as saying during the visit.

    Abubakar described late Asadu as an officer and gentleman, adding that he did his best in the service to the country.

    The Chairman of the House of Representative Committee on Police Affairs, Mr. Usman Kumo, also described Asadu as a gallant officer.

    Kumo prayed for the repose of his soul, for God to strengthen the family to bear the irreparable loss.

    Also in his remarks, the Minister of Police Affairs, Navy Capt. Caleb Olubolade, assured the family that efforts are being made to find the killers.

    The team was received by late Asadu’s widow, Oby, and some close family relations.

     

  • Who is safe?

    Who is safe?

    • This is the poser following the murder of Kwara State police boss

     Just who is safe in Nigeria? That is the question on the lips of many people with the report of the assassination of Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Chinwike Asadu on March 2. He was shot dead at about 9.50 p.m. by yet unknown gunmen while on a private visit to Enugu, his home state. The police commissioner was driving into his private residence at Amorji-Nike, near the densely populated Abakpa Enugu, with his driver and an orderly posted to guard his residence from the Abakoppa Police Division, after escorting a visitor when they noticed a bus trailing them. The gunmen in the bus fired at their vehicle from the rear. His orderly Aloha Olaniyi, and driver, Oliver Omeh, who were with him at the time sustained serious bullet wounds and are being treated at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu. Mr Asadu however did not make it as he was pronounced dead at the hospital.

    As usual, the police have promised to fish out the killers. But this is a catchphrase Nigerians are used to. The only difference perhaps is that this time around, one of their own is involved. So, in a sense, this is not just any other high-profile murder because, in terms of such killings, we have a long list, with none resolved. Here, we are talking about the murder of Chief Bola Ige, former attorney-general and minister of justice; Harry Marshall; Jerry Agbeyegbe; Sunday Ugwu; Odunayo Olagbaju and Janet Oladapo; Ahmed Pategi; Victor Nwankwo; Funsho Williams; Chimere Ikoku; Ayodeji Daramola; Dele Arojo; Isyaku Muhammadu; Udo Marcus Akpan; Ogbonnaya Uche. And then there was Abigail and Barnabas Igwe, among many others.

    The country has become one huge jungle where only the fittest survive. Life does not seem to have meaning as it can be snuffed out for nothing or for peanuts. Unfortunately, the government that should provide security has abdicated that responsibility, preferring instead, to master delivering of graveside orations. Yet, a cardinal role of government is protection of lives and property. As a matter of fact, that is the raison detre of any government properly so-called. But the reality today is that hardly can Nigerians sleep with their two eyes closed.

    With the assassination of a police commissioner, and previous attacks on otherwise sacred institutions in the country, armed bandits are sending the message that no place is inviolable and no one is invincible. This does not speak well of the country. No investor wants to risk his life and investment in an unsafe clime like ours. Yet, we need investments to jump-start our economy.

    Sadly, those who should be concerned about this state of things do not appear to be worried. Their main concern now is how to win or rig the 2015 elections. These are the same people who have failed to measure up in terms of delivering democratic dividends now plotting for 2015 when they are yet to be half-way into their tenure. They are the same people largely responsible for the growing insecurity in the country. They probably think that they are safe. But recent developments have shown that no one is.

    This is enough reason for the government to take more drastic measures about insecurity in the country. We must do something about the security agencies, particularly the police. This newspaper would not be tired of restating the need for them to be properly trained, kitted and motivated. Perhaps the place to start is their training colleges that are in a shambles. The Inspector-General of Police has given orders that the killers of the late commissioner of police must be found. We look forward to the day they would be found so that we can at least break the jinx of unresolved high-profile murders. It is sad that a man who was only months away from his retirement could be so wickedly snatched away by bandits of whatever hue.

  • Enugu to ‘ensure’ arrest of police chief killers

    Enugu to ‘ensure’ arrest of police chief killers

    Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has said the state would provide all necessary assistance to security agencies in the country to ensure that the killers of Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Chinwike Asadu were tracked down and brought to book. The governor, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Chukwudi Achife, described the killing of the police commissioner over the weekend in Enugu as shocking and dastardly.

    “No effort will be spared to fish out the culprits,” the governor assured.

    He expressed regret that Asadu, who was an indegene of Enugu State, suffered such a cruel fate after many years of dedicated service to the nation.

    He added that the development was even more disheartening as Asadu was close to retirement from service when he was murdered.

    Chime extended his condolences to the Inspector General of Police, the family of the deceased police commissioner and the government and people of Kwara State, assuring them that the people of Enugu State shared their grief and outrage over the unfortunate incident.

  • Kwara Police Commissioner killed in Enugu

    Kwara Police Commissioner killed in Enugu

    Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Chinwike Asadu,  has been shot dead by unknown gunmen  while on a private visit to Enugu his home state.

    The police commissioner who was shot at about 9.50 pm Saturday was about entering his house at Amorji-Nike, near the densely populated Abakpa Enugu.

    His police orderly, Aloha Olaniyi and driver, Oliver Omeh, who were with him at the time of the incident sustained serious bullet wounds  and are said to be lying critically at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu.

    The Police Commissioner, who reportedly visited his home in Enugu at the weekend, was driving into his private residence when the assailants who  may have laid an ambush around his residence attacked him and his aides about 100 metres away from his house.

    CP Asadu, according to sources, had a visitor whom he escorted along with his driver and a police orderly posted to guard his residence from Abakpa Police Division, leaving behind the official escort team that came with him from Kwara State Police Command.

    They were returning to the house after dropping the visitor when they suddenly noticed a bus trailing them behind as they branched into his street only for the gunmen to start firing at the vehicle from the rear.

    The gunmen were said to have shot sporadically killing the CP and wounding the two policemen but before they escaped, they reportedly took away the rifle of the orderly whose body was riddled with bullets.

    The orderly was shot on the chest, stomach, hands and leg while the driver was shot on his legs.

    The Police spokesman in the state , Mr. Ebere Amaraizu confirmed the incident.

    He described the attack as very unfortunate.  He said that the CP was on a private visit to his home in Enugu when the incident occurred.

    A police source in Enugu said: “The CP was driving into his personal residence in Amorji Nike after dropping a visitor that night.  He was with a police orderly and his driver at the time of the incident. Just about 100 metres to his house they noticed that a bus was trailing them behind and before they could know what was happening the gunmen opened fire and killed the CP instantly. His orderly and driver were also shot and they were seriously wounded.

    “The gunmen ran away  in their bus before the CP’s escort team that was inside his compound noticed what was happening.  When the escort team and sympathizers rushed to the scene, they met CP Asadu and his orderlies in pool of blood.  They were rushed to the National Orthopaedic Hospital where doctors confirmed the CP dead.  The other two policemen are now on admission at the hospital. ”

    Police spokesman, Amaraizu said the police  would do everything possible to fish out the assailants as investigations into the bizarre incident have already commenced.

    The new Police Commissioner in Enugu State, Mr. Tonye Ebitibituwa, was said to have directed his men to conduct serious manhunt for the gunmen within and outside the state capital in order to track them down.

    Doctors at the National Orthopeadic Hospital, Enugu were yesterday battling to save the two wounded police officers.  The orderly who was seriously battered by bullets, according to doctors, was said to be in a stable condition after the surgeries conducted on him throughout Saturday night.  The driver was also said to be in a stable condition.

    CP Asadu, who was among newly appointed Police Commissioners for various state commands, assumed duty at Kwara State Command recently.

    Last week he embarked on familiarization visit during which he met with  Journalists at the correspondent’s chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists  in Ilorin.

    During the visit, Asadu expressed his desire for a good working relationship with newsmen in the state. According to him, “Kwara State is a state of harmony and my vision is to leave it better than I met it. It is on this note that I decided to pay you gentlemen of the press a courtesy visit, so as to ensure a robust and harmonious working relationship, so that we can work together in fighting crime in the society.

    Asadu who was the 27th Commissioner of Police in the State, urged media professionals and good people of the state to assist the police with useful information that could help transform the society to become a better place to live, and further ensure peaceful business transactions.

    He assured that the state command will continue to combat crimes and criminality among citizens of the state and its environs in order to ensure that the state remained harmonious.

    Asadu also noted that issues of security of lives and property in the state goes beyond the scope of men of the force alone, noting that support is highly needed from the media in the areas of information dissemination and sensitization of the public.

    But barely a week after the officer who is said to be very enthusiastic about policing and the need to eradicate crime in his state of posting was settling down to face the challenge of his new assignment, he decided to visit his Enugu home-state where he met his untimely death in the hands of gunmen in a very bizarre circumstance.