Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the murder of Rev. Fr. Tobias Chukwujekwu Okonkwo of the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi by yet to be identified gunmen.
The Chancellor of the Diocese, Rev. Fr. Raphael Ezeogu had announced the murder of the cleric was shot dead in the evening of 26/12/2024 along Onitsha- Owerri Road expressway, Ihiala.
A statement by the command’s spokesperson, SP Ikenga Tochukwu said “The Commissioner of Police CP Nnaghe Obono Itam commiserate with the Family, Friends and the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi” on the incident and assured that “the Command shall leave no stone unturned in unmasking the assailants.”
“To this end, the Command urges anyone with information that can aid the Investigation to please endeavour to reach out to the nearest police Station and be assured that any information in this regard shall to treated with the utmost confidentiality.”
Reacting to the sad development, former Anambra governor, Mr. Peter Obi said “constant killing of our very productive men and women by some bloodmongers is beyond heartbreaking.”
