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“You will not be Abandoned,” Okowa Promised the Families of the Slain Officers.
“You will not be abandoned,” Okowa promised the families of the slain officers.
Sen. (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta and vice presidential candidate for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), promised Tuesday that the Anambra State police officers’ families wouldn’t be forgotten.
Inspectors Lucky Aleh, Celestine Nwadiokwu, and Jude Obuh were killed while working for the Government House in Asaba’s explosives disposal unit. NewsReport gathered.
They were ambushed and killed by unidentified gunmen while traveling to Umuahia for work on Friday at a location along the Ihiala-Orlu route in Anambra.
The governor visited their homes in Agbor Obi and Orogodo-Agbor in the Ika South local government area for Aleh and Obuh, and Owa Ekei in the Ika North-East area for Nwadiokwu, where he commiserated with their widows, Mrs. Nwamaka Aleh, Mrs. Juliet Obuh, and Mrs. Onyeisi Nwadiokwu, and family members.
He prayed for the bereaved families and asked them to take solace in the fact that the deceased died in active service for the nation, and he assured them that the state government would continue to identify with them through the trying times.
NewsReport learned that the governor was accompanied by a member representing Ika Federal Constituency, Mr. Victor Nwokolo; a member representing Ika South in the State House of Assembly, Mr. Festus Okoh; and his Ika North East counterpart, Mr. Anthony Elekeokwuri; the Commissioner for Works, Mr. Noel Omodon; his Information Counterpart, Mr. Charles Aniagwu; and other top government functionaries.
In a related development, the Delta State PDP governorship candidate, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has commiserated with Okowa on the murder of his security aides.
Oborevwori, who is also national deputy chairman of the Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria, in a statement by his chief press secretary, Mr. Dennis Otu, enjoined Okowa, the Delta State Police Command, and members of the deceased families to take solace in the fact that they died in active service while serving their fatherland.
Oborevwori, who is also the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, said, “I am still in deep shock over the officers killed by unknown gunmen, who ambushed them at a spot along the Ihiala-Orlu road in Anambra while on their way to Umuahia on official duty on Friday. Their deaths are very painful. My heart bleeds for them.
“On behalf of my family, friends, political associates, and the good people of Okpe State Constituency, I mourn the passing of the three gallant police officers attached to the EOD Unit in Government House Asaba, and I hereby commiserate with our amiable Governor and PDP Vice Presidential Candidate, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, the State Commissioner of Police, and the families of the deceased police officers. We are going to miss them”, the Speaker added.
“My heart goes out to all those they left behind.” “I pray that God will grant their souls eternal rest and give the families, friends, and others the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss,” he said.
