Breaking: Hired Assassins Murders Special Assistant To Gov Obiano On Security
By Oki Samson, Trek Africa Newspaper
Special Assistant to Anambra State Governor on Security, Mr. Azubuike Ekwegbalu
The Special Assistant to Anambra State Governor on Security, Mr. Azubuike Ekwegbalu has been killed by suspected hired assassins.
According to a statement issued by the Anambra State Government on the incident on Sunday 9th August, 2020.
The Death of Mr Azubuike Ekwegbalu, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Obiano on Security.
The Anambra State Government announces with great sadness the death early this morning of Mr Azubuike Ekwegbalu, Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the State Governor on Security.
According to the report, the State Police command suspect the death of Mr. Azubuike Ekwegbalu may be a case of homicide.
The statement reads, “Mr Ekwegbalu was a thorough, quiet, unassuming, energetic and dedicated security official whose forte was intelligence gathering. To carry out his duties faithfully, effectively and efficiently, he kept a low-profile in the public space throughout the years he was in office as the SSA to the Governor on Security”.
He was not known to most government officials and declined the use of any paraphernalia that could give him out as an intelligence operative.
He had in the last few months devoted his infectious energy and acute professional intelligence to monitoring cults in various parts of the state following an increase in the menace of young cult members in educational institutions and elsewhere. The results have been outstanding. Mr Ekwegbalu’s tragic death is a serious setback to the fight against the cult menace and crime generally in the state.
His death was reported accordingly to Governor Willie Obiano, and the Governor has, in turn, contacted the Azubuike family and commiserated with them.
According to the State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr. C. Don Adinuba, “the State Government is working tirelessly with the security agencies to do everything in its power to apprehend those responsible for Mr Ekwegbalu’s death, as we have successfully done over the years in similar deaths”, he assures.
The Government assures all Anambra people, once again, that it will stop at nothing to make the state remain the safest and most peaceful state in Nigeria.
