Imo: Five Men Who Assaulted 55 Year-Old Woman For Arraignment By Police

By Charles Igbo

The Imo State Police Command is set to arraign  before the Court, five men who assaulted a 55-year old woman in Emekuku, Imo State.

Recall that a couple of weeks ago, six men pounced on a woman identified as Mrs Ndidiamaka Agu and beat her up mercilessly, including slamming her on the wall. The beating was so bad, it outraged the Community.

The Imo State Police spokesperson, DSP Henry Okoye, disclosed their arrest in Owerri on Monday.

On November 3, the Imo State Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, had  ordered an investigation and a swift arrest of the six men seen beating Mrs Agu  in a video which circulated online.

According to Okoye, five of the suspects have been arrested, and efforts are  on to arrest  the sixth suspect who is still on the run.

Those arrested are Onyekachi Njoku, 40; Chiazor Osuji, 45; Chukwuma Iwuala, 46; Eugene Njoku; and Njoku Emmanuel, 35, all from Uboegbelu in Emekuku, Owerri North LGA.

In that viral video, the six men were seen violently beating Ndidiamaka, and ignored all warnings to stop.

Okoye disclosed that following the directive by the CP for swift action, operatives of the X-Squad Unit arrested the five suspects linked to the assault.

The five suspects arrested have made confessional statements, and  admitted their roles in the attack.

However, the sixth suspect, identified as Onyedikachi Njoku, is still at large, and operatives are intensifying efforts to apprehend him.

The five arrested suspects will be arraigned in Court soon.

Okoye:  “The Imo State Police Command wishes to provide an update on the investigation ordered by the Commissioner of Police, CP Aboki Danjuma, into the viral video showing Mrs. Agu Ndidiamaka being assaulted in Emekuku, Owerri North LGA. In furtherance of the CP’s directive for swift action, operatives of the X-Squad Unit have arrested five suspects linked to the barbaric assault.

“The arrested suspects are: Onyekachi Njoku, 40 years ‘m’; Chiazor Osuji, 45 years ‘m’; Chukwuma Iwuala, 46 years ‘m’; Eugene Njoku, ‘m’; and Njoku Emmanuel, 35 years ‘m’, who all hail from Uboegbelu in Emekuku in Owerri North LGA.

“All five suspects have made confessional statements admitting their roles in the attack. Meanwhile, the sixth suspect, identified as Onyedikachi Njoku, is still at large, and operatives are intensifying efforts to apprehend him.”