By Our Reporter
The decaying corpse of one Okpanachi Johnson, a police officer declared missing on 30/07/2022, has been exhumed in a shallow grave in Igboeze North LGA of Enugu State, the state police command said Tuesday.
Daniel Ndukwe, the police public relations officer, Enugu State, disclosed this in a release made available to Adadainfo.
He said the corpse was uncovered at Agu Ibeje, a community in Igboeze North LGA, following intelligence operations of the tactical unit of the state command.
Ndukwe stated that, “The operation led to the discovery and exhumation from a shallow grave in the camp, the corpse of their male victim identified as Okpanachi Johnson, a police officer serving in Igbo-Eze North Police Division of the command
“He had gone missing on 30/07/2022 with all efforts made to trace his whereabouts proving abortive.
“Also recovered at the camp are twelve firearms, including one AR-K2 assault, six pump action guns, one locally-made berretta-like pistol and five locally-fabricated double-barrelled guns; ninety-eight live cartridges; two machetes, one digger, one battle axe and one hacksaw; five motor vehicles, including three Toyota Sienna minivans, one Honda Pilot jeep and one Hiace (hummer) bus loaded with assorted ankara fabrics, all reported to have been snatched from their owners at different times within the area by the hoodlums.”
Others, according to Ndukwe, are twenty different brands of motorcycles with their plate numbers removed; one police bullet-proof vest; one pair of police camouflage uniform, and one pair of military camouflage uniform.