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Akunyili’s murder: Buhari vows justice, says perpetrators won’t escape
By Modupe Shodeinde
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the murder of Dr Chike Akunyili the husband of the late former Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof Dora Akunyili.
In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, Buhari assured the Akunyili family, as well as families of others killed in the incident that the perpetrators would not escape from the law.
The statement read in part, “The President shares the pain of the offspring of Prof. and Dr Akunyili, their families and friends, whose lives will never remain the same after the inhuman and reprehensible act that happened in Anambra State.”
He enjoined security agencies and leaders of thought to “work harder” to bring an end to the violence being unleashed on innocent Nigerians; assuring the grieving families, who lost their loved ones in the incident, that the perpetrators of the heinous act will face both the judgment of man, and that of God.
Dr Chike Akunyili was reportedly shot dead on Tuesday evening alongside seven others at Nkpor in the Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
The Punch quoted a bystander close to where the incident happened, who said, “The killers attacked him (Akunyili) when they spotted a policeman in his car. Maybe they felt threatened when they sighted his police orderly. So, they killed him, the orderly and his driver.
They took him to be a politician.
The witness said as they were shooting Akunyili and others, they were shouting, “No “election” in Anambra in November.
The state Police Command confirmed the murder of Dr Akunyili, in a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Ikenga Tochukwu.
Tochukwu said Chike was killed at Afor Nkpor in the Idemili North Local Government Area.
The police statement read in part,
“The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Command, Tony Olofu, has observed with grave concern the series of security breaches that have taken place within the state, and has therefore ordered tactical commanders of the Command to immediately put an end to the madness.
“He gave this order when he led senior police officers from the command on an on-the-spot assessment of the crime scenes.”
