By Victor Madumere
One of the two brothers suspected of the brutal killing of Dr Ugonna Omereonye, leader of the embattled Imo 10,000 Jobs beneficiaries, who were at large after the unholy act is now cooling his heels at the Owerri Headquarters of the Imo State Police Command.
According to the deceased’s family, the suspect, Mr Onyinyechi Okeke Nweremizu was transferred to the police headquarters in Owerri after spending two days at the Omuma Police Station, Oru East, following late Dr Ugonna’s family petition to the state commissioner of police where they narrated how the nabbed suspect Onyinyechi and his brother Izuchukwu who is still at large, both members of the Imo Security Network (ISN) established by Governor Rochas Okorocha, came to their house at about 7pm on Friday, April 10, knocked on late Ugonna’s door, ordered him outside and allegedly shot him twice on the chest.
Mrs. Susan Omereonye and Miss Chinenye Omereonye the deceased’s mother and sister respectively, went further to disclose to Trumpeta how they had received machete cuts from the two brothers, when they tried to stop them from escaping after killing Ugonna. They stated that due to the confrontation and resistance from them, the killers managed to escape leaving their motorcycle behind, which has been carried by the police as evidence/exhibit.
It was also revealed to this newspaper that the security agent has been able to match the cartridge/bullet used in killing late Ugonna with the ISN gun found on Mr Onyinyechi. They also disclosed that the commissioner of police has ordered for autopsy on Ugonna’s corpse to ascertain the real cause of his death and also has designated the DC State CID to investigate the petition.
When the Police Public Relation Officer, PPRO, Mr Enwerem was contacted, he confirmed that the suspect has been transferred to the CID who are investigating the matter.
However, members of late Ugonna has called on the state police command and other legal security agencies to come to their aid as their lives are threatened by unknown persons through phone calls and other coded ways. They however alleged that the threat is coming from the run-away Izuchukwu, their allies and collaborators as it started after the transfer of Onyinyechi to Owerri. They also expressed displeasure over the attitude of their traditional ruler over the ugly incident. Mrs Susan Omereonye wondered why the traditional ruler, Eze Eugene Okorie has not come to sympathise with the family or find out what really happened, inspite of the fact that late Dr Ugonna was his palace secretary.
