There is palpable tension in Enugu State capital as reports indicated plans by State High Court allegedly contemplating the release of the two key suspects in the gruesome murder case of late Igwe Emmanuel Chidiebere Mbah, traditional ruler of Oruku community.
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested two more suspects in connection with the protracted bloodletting and destruction of houses and other property worth millions of naira in Oruku community in the Nkanu East Local Government area of Enugu State. Security sources told SaharaReporters that the two people arrested were involved in the burning of scores of houses in the troubled community since December 26, 2020, after the gruesome murder of the traditional ruler of the community, Igwe Emmanuel Chidiebere Mbah.
An Enugu State Magistrate Court sitting in Enugu North has remanded 46-year-old Inspector Daniel Dennis and one Mr Moses Nnamani for allegedly killing the late Igwe Emmanuel Mbah of Oruku community. SaharaReporters reported on September 14 that the Nigeria Police Force had finally released the police Inspector who allegedly shot and killed the traditional ruler of Oruku community in the Nkanu East Local Government Area of the state and one of his collaborators for trial 32 months after the killing.