The suspects, Inspector Daniel Denis and Chief Moses Nnamani, were brought out on Wednesday and would be arraigned in court at any moment, an insider source told SaharaReporters on Thursday.
The Nigeria Police Force is set to arraign trigger-happy police Inspector for allegedly shooting dead the traditional ruler of Oruku community in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, Late Igwe Chidiebere Emmanuel Mbah and one of his collaborators after 32 months of murder.
The suspects, Inspector Daniel Denis and Chief Moses Nnamani, were brought out on Wednesday and would be arraigned in court at any moment, an insider source told SaharaReporters on Thursday.
According to the source, the murder of Igwe Mbah has brought untold crisis that had devastated the community, and believed that with the trial of the murderous, there would be some sort of peace the community again.
"Yes I can tell you authoritatively that after the SaharaReporters published the petition and other subsequent reports, on the development in the community, on Wednesday the police authorities brought the suspects to Enugu to face trial in the killing of the monarch.
"The trial is coming nearly three years the traditional ruler was gruesomely murdered in cold blood," the source said.
SaharaReporters reported on Monday September 11, 2023 that the younger brother of the late traditional ruler, Mr Ejike Mbah petitioned the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, to intervene and ensure the prosecution of the cops and his collaborators.
SaharaReporters reported that Igwe Chidiebere Emmanuel Mbah was allegedly shot and killed on December 26, 2020, by the trigger-happy police officer while he was addressing an annual general meeting of the community.
It had also reported last Friday, that the police arrested one Chief Moses Nnamani, a native of the community who was alleged to have brought the policemen from Special Tactical Squad (STS) on frivolous allegations against the monarch and paid the said killer Inspector N80,000 to eliminate the traditional ruler.
Regrettably, Ejike Mbah lamented that the police since December 26, 2020, till date had shielded the killer cop from prosecution despite the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) having concluded their investigation in 2021.
The petition dated August 29, 2023, signed by Efekemaraye G Daniel Esq on behalf of Ejike Mbah was titled: "A Letter Of Appeal For Your Intervention In A Case Of Murder Of Hrh Igwe Chidiebere Mbah The Igwe Of Oruku Autonomous Community In Nkanu East Local Government Area Of Enugu State Of Nigeria By Inspector Denis Daniel Of Sts Unit Of The Nigeria Police Since On The 26th Day Of December 2020".
In the petition copied to Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and other principal officers of the Force connected to the case, Ejike appealed to the attorney general for intervention to ensure that justice is served in the case. He stated that his community has not found peace since the incident, following the vacuum the killing created.