Trigger-happy Policeman goes berserk in Enugu, kills five persons, injures four others

• Gov. Ugwuanyi visits victims in hospital

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has visited hospitalised victims of a sporadic shooting by a trigger-hapy policeman who went berserk in Enugu.

Governor Ugwuayin was on Sunday at the ESUT Teaching Hospital, Parklane, Enugu, where the victims were receiving treatment.

This was consequent upon the shooting incident at Golf Estate, GRA, Enugu on Sunday involving a Police Inspector attached to the Special Protection Unit (SPU) Base 9, Umuahia, Abia State, who started shooting sporadically, leaving five victims dead and four persons with gunshot injuries.

Ugwuanyi, who was received at the hospital by the Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu, and the Chief Medical Director, Prof. Hyacinth Onah, in a statement by the State Commissioner for Information, Nnanyelugo Chidi Aroh, expressed shock over the dastardly act.

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The governor sympathised with the victims and wished them quick recovery.

He also condoled with families of the deceased.

Ugwuanyi announced that his administration would pay all the medical expenses and deposited some money with the hospital to ensure that all that was required to treat the patients was provided.

Ugwuanyi equally charged the hospital management to ensure that victims receive adequate medical attention.

The Enugu State Police Command had in a statement by its Public Relations Officer,  ASP Daniel Ndukwe, 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.”

It added that the CP had ordered the Deputy Commissioner of Police in-charge of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department to carry out thorough investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the shooting incident.

The CP also called on witnesses “to volunteer useful information to aid swift conclusion of the investigation and ensure justice prevails.”