The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has said it will investigate the alleged murder of one Ifeoma Abugu, a graduate of the Institute of Management and Technology , Enugu.
The spokesman for the command , DSP Anjuguri Manzah, said the FCT Commissioner of Police, Bala Ciroma, had ordered a discreet investigation and post-mortem on the corpse to unravel the true cause of her death .
The deceased was said to have been sexually assaulted and murdered by the personnel of the Special Anti – Robbery Squad, FCT Command, on September 10, 2020.
PUNCH Metro had reported that three policemen stormed the residence of Ifeoma ’ s fiancé , Afam Ugwunwa , at Wumba village in the Lokogoma area of Abuja to arrest him , but instead whisked away Ifeoma , who was the only one they met .
Ifeoma ’ s brother , Alex , said the deceased , who had just concluded her National Youth Service Corps mandatory service , was arrested and killed four days after she had her ‘ introduction’ with Ugwunwa in Enugu State .
He said , “ I was in Lagos when one of my junior brothers called me that he learnt that SARS arrested our sister and she died in detention.
“ I just came to Abuja today ( Sunday ) and I have asked some of my uncles , who have been to the police station , and they said that the policemen alleged that they met my sister unconscious on the bed and they carried her to hospital , where she died . ”
But reacting to the incident on Monday , Manzah said in a statement that the CP had ordered a post-mortem to unlabelled the true cause of Ifeoma ’ s death .
He stated , “ Consequent upon this , the Commissioner of Police, Bala Ciroma , has ordered a discreet investigation and post-mortem to unravel the true cause of death.
“ While sympathising with the family and friends of the deceased , the command wants to assure the public that it will be professional and transparent in the investigation. ”
