By Suleiman Anyalewechi
The Anambra State Police Command said it has began moves to track down those behind the gruesome killings of no fewer than four persons in Ezi Community Ogidi ,Idemili Local Council of the State at a funeral ceremony.
Some criminal elements had, on Thursday night, September 11, 2025, stormed a burial ceremony in Ezi Village, shot sporadically, and when they stopped, four mourners lay dead.
Over 15 others, according to reports, sustained varying degrees of injuries.
A statement on Friday, September 12, 2025, by the Spokespersons for the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said that Police Operatives who were immediately mobilized to the scene, recovered over 16 expended cartridges.
According to the Police, preliminary findings linked the incident to a cult gang rivalry in the area.
“Some armed persons stormed a burial event in Ezi Village ,Ogidi in Idemili North Local Government on Thursday evening September 11th 2025, and opened fire on guests killing four persons on the spot, while 15 others sustained serious gunshot injuries.
“Police operatives from Ogidi Division led by the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, swiftly mobilised to the scene, restored normalcy, and immediately evacuated the injured victims to hospitals for medical attention”
” Further developments will be communicated in due course” Ikenga noted .
Meanwhile, the State Police Commissioner, CP Ikioye Orutugu,has directed a full scale investigation with a view to unraveling the actual circumstances surrounding the incident, as well as hunt down the perpetrators.
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