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  • Robbers kill varsity student in Ebonyi

    The Ebonyi Police Command on Saturday confirmed that a student of Ebonyi State University (EBSU), Abakaliki, Chinedu Linus, was killed by gunmen on Friday.

    The Spokesperson of the command, ASP Loveth Odah, said the gunmen robbed Linus and subsequently killed him.

    Odah said no arrest had been made, adding that several operational units of the command were currently on manhunt for the hoodlums.

    “I urge students not to confront robbers or any person bearing arms whenever they are attacked because such a person was no longer normal.

    “It is only a living person that makes use of valuables as no amount of valuables in ones’ possession can equate to life,” she said.

    The police spokesperson also appealed to the relevant agencies to construct access roads to students’ hostels for easy rescue operation in case of attacks.

    “Our officers responded swiftly to the distress call by the students, but there was no road leading to the hostel where the incident occurred.

    “Our officers had to park their patrol vehicle on the main road and walk to the hostel where the corpse of the deceased was found and took it to the mortuary of Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki,” Odah added.

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  • Man kills two-year-old daughter in Ebonyi

    Man kills two-year-old daughter in Ebonyi

    The Ebonyi State Police Command on Monday confirmed the arrest of a 30-year-old man suspected to have killed his two-year-old daughter in the farm.

    The command’s spokesperson, ASP Loveth Odah, said in Abakaliki that the girl’s corpse had been taken to Mgbo Hospital morgue.

    Odah said investigations into the matter have commenced.

    She said the suspect, a native of Ukwu-Agba Mgbo in Ohaukwu local government area of the state, would be arraigned immediately the police complete investigation into the matter.

    “The act is condemnable and more regrettable is the high rate of brutal killings in Ebonyi. The suspect will soon be arraigned,’’ she said.

    Odah added that the command would bring to book all perpetrators of heinous acts in the state.

    A source close to the family said the suspect allegedly killed his daughter in the farm on September 6 and the act was detected by a good citizen.

    “The good citizen reported the matter to the Ohaukwu Police Division, which arrested the man and recovered the girl’s corpse.

    “The family and the community suspect that the act was for ritual purposes because he used his machete to cut the girl’s right leg.

    “The act shocked and threw the community into serious mourning because it was its first time of witnessing such act,” the source said.

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