The Police in Ebonyi State, on Thursday, arrested a former Commissioner for Border Peace and Conflict Resolution in the state, Donatus Ajah, aka Zentus, over murder allegations.
Both Ajah and Inya are from Amankwo village, Nkpoghoro community, Afikpo North Local Government Area of the state.had reported that the killing took place during a communal crisis, involving two factions in Amankwo.The two groups have constantly clashed in the community as they battle for supremacy.
It was gathered that the suspected killers approached some villagers at a pub in the village and inflicted machete cuts on them, a development that threw the community into chaos. It was at that point that the hoodlums attacked him and dealt several machete blows on him until he died.He said, “When these people came and could not find my elder brother, who I think was their target, they started attacking everyone there and people were running helter-skelter.
He said, “The truth is that I was not at home and so cannot tell how the crisis that led to Azubuike’s death began, apart from what I heard from eyewitnesses.
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