The Commissioner of Police in Edo State, CP Mohammed Dankwara has ordered a serious manhunt for the gunmen who killed a catholic priest in Benin City, last Wednesday.
The CP’s marching order came after operatives of the command stormed the crime scene shortly after the evacuation of the remains of the priest identified as Reverend Father Charles Onomhoale Ighechi of the Benin Archdiocese.
The Public Relations Officer, Edo State Police Command SP Chidi Nwabuzor disclosed this to our crime correspondent who visited his office in Benin City, today.
He stated further that the police chief in the state while urging the command’s tactical teams to smoke out the perpetrators of the gruesome murder, appealed to members of the public to furnish the detectives with information that would unmask the criminal elements.
“Following a distress call received by the Command through its Divisional Headquarters at Okhuaire on 8th of June, 2023 at about 0710hrs, that an unidentified adult male corpse suspected to have been murdered was abandoned in Ikhueniro Community along the Benin-Agbor road, Benin-City.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased was a Revered Father and the Vice Principal of St. Michael College, Ikhueniro Community in Ikpoba – Okha Local Government Area of Edo State.
“CP Mohammed A.Dankwara, FBDFM, FCIMN, the Commissioner Of Police Edo State while at the crime scene commiserate with the Catholic community in Edo State and Nigeria as he urged them, family members and general public to remain calm and go about their lawful businesses and gave a marching order to the Command Tactical teams to go after the perpetrators of this dastardly act and arrest them.
“He also vowed to prosecute the offenders in court and warn criminal elements to vacate the state or be ready to face severe punishments under the law”, SP Chidi stated.
