Police arrest LP aspirant in connection to PDP Chieftain’s death.

Four people have been detained in connection with the murder of Peter Nweke, a PDP leader, according to an announcement made by the Ebonyi State Police Command on Friday.

On March 18, 2023, the day of the state’s governorship and house of assembly elections, Nweke was tortured to death by criminals who were thought to be supporters of a competing party.

While acting as his party’s agent in the region, the PDP ward chairman was assassinated at Umuezeokaoha hamlet in the state’s Ezza North Local Government Area.

The state police command said that the suspects had admitted to the crime in a statement that was signed by its spokesperson, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya.

The statement partly read, “During the interrogation of the suspects, the first suspect, Leonard Kelechi Nwali, a Labour Party House of Assembly aspirant, Ezza North Constituency, confessed to hiring the assailants who were meant to torture the late Peter Nweke. However, he died in the process. According to him, the late Peter Nweke posed a threat to his political ambition, so he contacted one Akwasi of Umuezeoka, in Ezza North LGA, who spearheaded the torture that eventually resulted in the death of Mr Peter Nweke.

“The second suspect, Onyebuchi Chita, of Nkomoro community, in the same local government area, confessed to have brought in the killers from Nkomoro into Ogboji community, where Peter Nweke was killed.

“The third suspect, Aloke Obinna, of Ogboji community, confessed to have given his motorcycle to one Onyebuchi Chita for escape after the incident.

“While Ifeanyi Nwokpuku, the fourth suspect, of Ogboji community in Ezza North LGA, conspired with one Sampson Nweke, who pointed Peter Nweke out to the killers.”

After the investigation is complete, the suspects will be arraigned, according to Onovwakpoyeya.