Mbah orders police, others to arrest killers of Enugu market leader

Enugu Governor,  Peter Mbah, on Sunday,  gave security agencies in the state 48 hours to fish out the killers of the Chairman of Ogbete Main Market Traders Association (OMMATA) Stephen Aniagu, vowing that no one would commit such a heinous crime in the state under his watch and go scot-free.

The governor did not however state what could happen in the event of the security agencies failing to arrest the killers at the stipulated time

Mbah also commiserated with the deceased’s family and OMMATA.

Aniagu was gunned down by yet-to-be-identified assailants on the outskirts of Enugu metropolis, Saturday evening.

“I have directed security agencies in the state to produce his killers within 48 hours. As we have always maintained, and every merchant of death or criminal in the state ought to know by now, that we have demonstrated the capacity to bring them to book,” Mbah said.

“We have the will, technology, and resources to pursue, track down, overtake, and defeat such workers of wickedness.

“Therefore, those who committed this atrocity have bitten more than they can chew. They have murdered sleep, hence neither they nor the government and security agencies will sleep until all the perpetrators are captured and justice served in accordance with the law sooner than later.

“I urge Ndi Enugu to go about their lawful businesses, for the security of lives and property remains our priority as a government. Those who have decided to test our resolve will meet their Waterloo like others before them.”

Commiserating with Chief Aniagu’s family, community, and OMMATA, the governor noted that the late market leader served his community, the association, and Enugu State creditably.

“The Government and people of Enugu State grieve with them. But I urge them to find solace in the service he rendered to our dear state and the fact that his killers will never go scot-free. It is a promise,” he said