Abia Govt vows to ensure justice as driver shot by soldier dies

Abia State authorities has expressed sorrow implicit the decease Mr. Kelechi Ejiofor, a motortruck operator who mislaid his beingness pursuing a shooting incidental involving a worker astatine Uratta Timber Market a fewer days ago.

The authorities successful a connection signed by the Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, connected Monday, said it is engaging with the subject precocious bid to guarantee a thorough, transparent and impartial probe into circumstances surrounding the shooting.

“We privation to guarantee the household of the deceased and the wide nationalist that justness volition not lone beryllium pursued but volition beryllium seen to beryllium done.

“Any serviceman recovered culpable volition look the afloat value of disciplinary and ineligible consequences.

“The authorities urges residents to stay calm, law-abiding and peaceful arsenic efforts are intensified to get to the basal of this unfortunate incident,” the authorities said.

It reaffirmed its unwavering committedness to the extortion of lives and property, the regularisation of law, and the cardinal rights of each citizen.

It was gathered that the driver, Ejiofor, died connected Monday successful a infirmary successful Aba wherever helium was receiving attraction for the weapon changeable wounded helium sustained.

Abia Govt vows to ensu...