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As reactions continue to trail the murder of 13 indigenes of Ebonyi State in Anambra State by gunmen who invaded Ogboji, a community in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State on Monday evening, the Police in Anambra have made some findings.
In a statement on Wednesday night by the police spokesperson in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, he said police authorities in the state have made some findings on the motive behind the deadly attack.
According to Ikenga, a superintendent of police, the Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Ikioye Orutugu, led a joint security team on a fact-finding visit to the scene of the attack earlier Wednesday.
Southeastposts reports that Mr Orutugu, while visiting the scene, announced the arrest of a male suspect, Sunday Mbanu, now assisting the police in their investigation.
The police chief, according to the statement, uncovered the motive behind the attack during an interaction with some leaders of the community as well as the son of the landlord whose house the ill-fated meeting was held.
The statement further revealed that the commissioner said it was established that the Ebonyi association had been facing leadership squabble in recent times.
According to him, “The meeting that recorded the incident is the factional leadership of Ebonyi indigenes living in Ogboji, Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State.
“It was alleged that the association had earlier complained and written a petition to the President General of Ogboji without recourse to the security agencies.”
The Police CP in Anambra stressed that the president general was still trying to settle the matter through alternative dispute resolution strategy before the matter escalated, resulting in the deadly attack.
He added that the son of the landlord confirmed that one of the victims is a tenant in their compound just as he has given some details which the joint security team was already working on.
Earlier on Wednesday, a social media influencer and an indigene of Ebonyi State, Chika Nwoba, made a Facebook post where he linked the attack to a crisis within the Ebonyi association.
Mr Nwoba, a former spokesperson of the PDP in Ebonyi State, said some members informed him that two persons within the association were having issues.
The PDP chieftain said one of the warring parties reported the other to an Ebonyi Community in Ogboji amid the dispute.
According to him, “The one who refused attending the (ill-fated) meeting then gave false information to unknown gunmen who arrived the venue of the meeting and asked for the chairman.
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