Kwara State Commissioner Of Police Shot Dead By Assailants

The level of insecurity in the country went a notch higher yesterday when the Kwara State Commissioner of Police Chinwike Asadu  was shot yesterday in Enugu State.He  was killed at about 9.45pm on Saturday in Abakpa Nike, Enugu East Local Government Area, by  the gunmen who trailed him to his street.

Asadu’s police orderly,  Aloha Olaniyi and driver, Oliver Omeh,  were critically injured by the bandits. The duo are said to be receiving treatment at the National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu.

Olaniyi was shot in the chest, stomach, hands and leg. His service rifle was also said to have been taken away by the gunmen.

 Enugu State  Police Command spokesman, Ebere Amaraizu, had before the IG’s  directive said, “The people responsible for the act shot at him (Asadu) several times when he was entering his residence at Abakpa Nike.May he rest in peace