A woman, Mrs Dorcas Nwakor, residing at Haruna Street, Odoakpu by Sokoto Road in Onitsha, Anambra State, has petitioned the acting Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, over the alleged killing of her son, Chibueze, by policemen attached to the Area Command in Onitsha.
In the petition made available to journalists in Onitsha, on Monday, Nwakor said Chibueze, her only son and father of three, was shot dead by the policemen around his residence on October 13, 2023, while he was going to his place of business.
She petitioned the acting IGP through her lawyer, Anayo Emejue and Associates, adding that her son was shot dead without any provocation by three policemen.
“It is our client’s instruction that on October 13, 2023, at Onitsha, Anambra State, a team of three policemen shot their son, husband and brother, Mr Chibueze Nwakor, to death for no justifiable reason,” the petition read in part.
The petitioners described the development as a wilful murder of a citizen without any justification or provocation.
Briefing journalists in his office on Monday, the counsel for the family, Anayo Emejue, said, “We were told that the three policemen involved in the killing have been detained at the police headquarters in Awka, but when we got to Awka, we saw them moving freely on the streets.
“This was a father of three who hailed from Owerre-Ezukala, Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State, but he lived with his family at No. 15F Haruna St. close to Sokoto Road junction.
“He did not commit any offence, just that he refused to answer their questions and he was shot by trigger-happy policemen and they jumped into their Hiace bus and zoomed off.”
When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident, adding that “the case is still under investigation.”
