Police arrest 6 in connection with murder of PDP Woman Leader in Kogi

• Less than 24 hours after President Buhari’s muted order

 

BY OUR EDITOR

Less than 24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari gave a muted order to the security agencies to fish out the killers of the Kogi State People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Woman Leader, Mrs Salome Abuh, the Kogi State Police command said it has arrested six suspects in connection with the killing.

Mrs Abuh was burnt alive, alongside her house at Ochadamu, Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State, on November 18, by political thugs linked to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The Police Public Relation Officer, DSP William Aya who announced the arrest in Lokoja on Monday said the suspects were brought in on Friday.

Aya said the police had started interrogating the suspects to ascertain their level of culpability in the death of the woman.

He said that the outcome of the investigation would be made public as soon as it was completed.

President Buhari said on Sunday that he expected security agencies to conduct a thorough investigation into the “heinous murder” of Mrs Abuh. He stated that justice would be served upon conclusion of the investigation, describing the killing as “primitive behaviour” that should not be condoned.

“President Muhammadu Buhari expects scrupulous investigation into the heinous murder of Madam Achejuh Abuh, Woman Leader of the People’s Democratic Party in Wada/Aro campaign council, in the just-concluded gubernatorial election in Kogi State.

“The President decries whatever could spur anyone to take the life of another human being, particularly a woman, who was burnt to death in her home in the most gruesome manner.

“President Buhari charges all security agencies involved in the investigation to do a thorough and expeditious job on the matter, so that justice could be served without fear or favour,” a State House statement by his media aide, Mr Femi Adesina, said on Sunday.

Buhari said he shared in the grief of the family of the deceased, giving them the assurance that the law would take its full course.

“We must learn to behave decently, whether during elections or at other times. No life should be taken wantonly under any guise, and the fact that this reprehensible act occurred two days after voting shows primitive behaviour, which should not be accepted in a decent society,” the President was quoted as saying.

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