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BREAKING: Gunmen Kill Inspector of Police in Imo

Juliet Amaka
Juliet Amaka
Published: June 13, 2025
Last updated: June 13, 2025
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An Inspector of police in Imo State identified as Augustine Ukegbu has reportedly been killed by gunmen.

Ukegbu was killed at his village at Umuoshike Ogbor in the Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of the state.

It was gathered that the police inspector went home to celebrate Easter with his family when the incident happened.

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According to a source who doesn’t want to be mentioned, the inspector was kidnapped from his house upon his arrival from his base in Owerri and was later found dead in a bush along Mbutu in the Aboh Mbaise LGA.

The source said,

“Inspector Augustine Ukegbu who was serving at Orji police divisional headquarters went home to celebrate Easter with his family at Aboh Mbaise. Around 11 pm, on April 8, some gunmen riding in a Lexus jeep came and kidnapped him from his house in the village.

“The abduction was reported at Oke Ovoro police Division. The jeep he was kidnapped with was later found abandoned along the Mbutu Road in Aboh Mbaise. Policemen visited the scene and the surrounding bush was searched and the inspector’s corpse was found.”

The source added that the inspector’s corpse had been deposited in a mortuary in the area and the Lexus jeep he was kidnapped in has been recovered by his colleagues.

Also another source, said that he saw the slain inspector in Owerri the day he was travelling to the village.

He said, “I saw Inspector Augustine in Owerri and he told me he was travelling to celebrate Easter with his family at Mbaise. We exchange pleasantries and I wished him journey mercy. He was serving at Orji police divisional and had served at the headquarters in Owerri. He was an operative of SWAT ( Special Weapons and Tactics) Department. I am saddened by his death.

The spokesperson for the police in the state, Henry Okoye, said that the command had commenced an investigation into the kidnap and killing of the Inspector.

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