Enugu: Black Sunday as Police shot 5 dead, left 4 injured.
A Police Inspector attached to Special Protection Unit (SPU) Base 9, Umuahia, Abia State, on duty at RC Lotto Company located in Golf Estate, GRA Enugu, who started shooting sporadically, has killed five persons, and left four others wounded.
Following the incident, the Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has visited the victims at the ESUT Teaching Hospital Parklane, Enugu, where the injured are receiving treatment.
At the hospital, Gov. Ugwuanyi was received by the Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, CP Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu and the Chief Medical Director, Prof. Hyacinth Onah.
In a statement by the Enugu State Commissioner for Information, Nnanyelugo Chidi Aroh, Governor Ugwuanyi expressed shock over the incident.
Governor Ugwuanyi who condoled with families of the deceased, empathised with the victims and wished them quick recovery.
He announced that his administration will pay all their medical bills, and deposited some money with the hospital and charged the management of the hospital to ensure that the victims receive adequate medical attention.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu, has ordered the Deputy Commissioner of Police in-charge of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (State CIID), to carry out thorough investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the shooting incident.
The Enugu State Police Command of the Nigeria Police in a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, had disclosed that the Police officer was “said to be on duty at RC Lotto Company located in the Estate” and “has been arrested and taken into custody pending the conclusion of investigation”.
The statement confirmed that “four of the persons said to have sustained gunshot injuries are receiving treatment and five others whose injuries were critical, have been confirmed dead by doctors on duty and deposited in the mortuary for autopsy”.
The CP also called on eye witnesses with useful information to volunteer same to aid in swift conclusion of the investigation and ensure that justice prevails.
