The decaying body of a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Justice Azuka, has been found on the 2nd Niger Bridge.
Azuka’s body was found by a joint security team.
The lawmaker representing Onitsha North Constituency 1 was abducted on December 24, 2024, along Ugwunabankpa Road, Inland Town, Onitsha.
Following weeks of investigation, security agents from Abuja nabbed the suspects. The apprehended individuals later led authorities to the place where they had dumped the lawmaker’s remains.
Police authorities in Anambra State have said details of the occurrence are sketchy. Nonetheless, the spokesman of the command, Tochukwu Ikenga, said police operatives had been deployed to the scene.
As indicated by him, further details would be made known to the public in due time.
The incident denotes the second abduction and murder of a sitting Anambra lawmaker in recent years.
In 2022, Okey Okoye, also known as “Okey Di Ok” from Aguata, was abducted and decapitated.
His body was subsequently found around the Nnobi axis of the South-East state. The region has encountered numerous violence in recent years. Gunmen have at different occasions attacked public facilities and assassinated scores of people, in spite of repeated affirmations from government and security agencies.
The calls for secession have likewise reached new highs in the region in recent years. But no group has claimed responsibility for the flood of savagery in the South-East.
