Ex-gov Ugwuanyi, ex-APC chair offer #5m to anyone who will unveil Aniagu’s killers in Enugu

By Chinelo Kodilichukwu Enugu

The former Chairman of All Progressive Congress Enugu State, Ben Nwoye has called on Ndi Enugu to stop the conspiracy of silence and unveil the killers of brothers now.

Ben Nwoye in a press statement sent to the Journalists condemned the brutal execution of Chief Stephen Aniagu, the Chairman of Ogbete Main Market Traders Association, by assassins in broad daylight.

He emphasized that it is a painful reminder that criminal elements in and around Enugu State have continued to operate their evil enterprise targeting and killing politicians, emerging leaders and community leaders without trace.

“It is more painful and worrisome, realising that the 48 hours deadline given to the security agencies to solve the crime have expired, and there is no trace of the perpetrators of the heinous crime.

“The gruesome murder case file is gradually descending into the vault of a cold case stored by Enugu State Police Command Criminal Investigation Department. All we hear is the same old statement, “we are on top of the situation,” “the killers will be brought to justice.”

“We heard the same story in 2018 when I was almost assassinated in my sleep, I escaped death by the whiskers but my police order was not so lucky. He was shot in the temple. He survived the attack due to miraculous medical intervention he received at my personal expense.

“As if that was not enough, Kelvin Ezeoha and Chidera Ogaba were shot dead in broad daylight while attending an APC meeting. All the noise made by the security agencies could not result in any arrest, detention, prosecution or conviction of the culprits.

“These same killers went on a murderous rampage two days before the 2023 general election. They killed Chief Barr. Oyibo Chukwu and his driver. To make the matter worse, they set the bodies of their victims ablaze. As usual, the security agencies made loud noises promising to bring the perpetrators to book. Till this day nothing has come of it. The killers of Barr Oyibo Chukwu and his driver are still roaming the street.

The same day Oyibo Chukwu was killed, the blood thirsty assassins killed the driver of Ofor Chukwuegbo.

As if the death of Oyibo Chukwu and others were not enough, few months after the unfortunate event, Enugu State lost yet another illustrious son in the person of Chief Dons Ude. The security agencies took the same old part with the same war of words promising to fish out the killers of Chief Dons Udeh.

The former Governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, promised to pay 5,000,000 naira to anyone with information leading to the arrest, prosecution and conviction of the killers. Once again, the death of Dons Udeh remained unsolved.

“Now comes the death of the Chairman of OMMATA one week before the Local Government Election. We are hearing the same rythorics. I hope that this will be an exception. But with the expiration of a 48 hours ultimatum and no news of arrest, I am hopelessly disappointed.

“Enugu people have to rise up to the occasion. The security agencies cannot solve the crime without getting useful information from witnesses.. The conspiracy of silence must cease. NdiEnugu cannot pretend not to know the killers of our leaders. We can no longer afford to hide under the unholy blanket of “Unknown Gunmen.” The gunmen are well known to us because they live among us. They’re NdiEnugu.

“Someone amongst us knows who wants me dead, they killed Comrade Kelvin Ezeoha and Chidera Ogaba. Someone reading this piece knows who killed Chief Barr Oyibo Chukwu and his driver. Someone knows who killed the driver of Hon. Ofor Chukwuegbo. Someone knows who killed Chief Dons Udeh. Someone in our community knows who killed Chief Stephen Aniagu.

“The conspiracy theory of silence must end now, I repeat! Someone who saw something must say something. Someone who knows something must say something” he lamented.