The
Anambra State Government has received with shock the news of the killing of the
President General of the Nimo Town Development Union (NTDU), Chief Tony Frank
Igboka, in the evening of Tuesday, April 16, 2019, at Oye Market, Nimo in
Njikoka Local Government Area, shortly after he had a dinner in a nearby
restaurant. The killing was likely by assassins.
Governor
Willie Obiano was briefed on the violent death by the Commissioner of Police in
Anambra State, Mr Mustapha Dandaura, shortly after the dastardly act. Governor
Obiano consequently announced a N5m reward to any person who can provide useful
information on the identity of the killers.
The
governor has also directed the Commissioner of Police in Anambra State to
personally lead a team to apprehend the killers immediately. He has, in
addition, directed the Department of State Security, intelligence officers in
the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Navy as well as the Nigerian Security and
Defence Corps to join the Nigeria Police Force in the task to bring the
culprits quickly.
Chief
Obiano asked the intelligence and security officers to reenact the same level
of enthusiasm and competence they exhibited in the arrest two weeks ago of
Ikechukwu Udensi, the most wanted murder suspect in Anambra State, immediately
he entered the state to collect illegal revenues. “You have to display the same
commitment and competence this time in tracing the killers of Chief Igboka, who
was also a former chairman of Njikoka Local Government Area”, demanded Chief
Obiano.
The
governor described the killing as utterly heartless, noting that Chief Tony
Frank’s elder brother, Chief Charles Igboka, a former Nigerian diplomat in
Europe, died only two weeks ago and was yet to be buried.
“It
is a shame that the killing of Chief Igboka should take place in the week
leading to Easter when men and women of goodwill throughout the world are
reconciling themselves with God and fellow human beings”, Governor Obiano said.
“His father, Sir Vincent Igboka, a distinguished papal knight, was a great
Christian missionary who devoted his whole being to the spread of the Good
News. He worked in such a way that he is being considered for canonization in
some quarters”.
Governor
Obiano emphasized that no stone will be left unturned in the effort to make
Anambra remain the safest and most peaceful state in Nigeria. “Anyone who
thinks that he can spill the blood of an innocent Anambra person and go
scot-free is living in a fool’s paradise”, he declared. “All the persons who
have in the last five years attempted to spill blood in the state have been
caught up by the long arms of the law. Chief Igboka’s killers cannot be
different”.
Signed
C.
Don Adinuba
Commissioner
for Information & Public Enlightenment.
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