Suspected assassins have murdered a former Judge of the Enugu State High Court, Justice Stanley Nnaji.
Nnaji was killed by the assailants on Sunday evening.
The Enugu State Police Command confirmed the incident in a statement on Monday, noting that it has launched a manhunt for the killers of former Enugu State High Court Judge.
The statement, titled, ‘Murder of an unidentified man: CP orders full-scale manhunt of assailants, says they must be fished out and brought to book’, read, “The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, CP Mohammed Aliyu, has ordered the launch of a full-scale manhunt for yet-to-be-identified armed assailants, alleged to have trailed and shot dead an unidentified man driving in a Mercedes Benz Jeep, which they carted away, along Ebeano Tunnel, Enugu, on Sunday, 30/05/2021 at about 1700hrs.
“The victim, whose true identity is yet to be known, was rushed to the hospital, where he was confirmed dead by doctors on duty and deposited in the mortuary for autopsy.”
The statement, which was signed by the spokesman of the police in Enugu State, Daniel Ndukwe, quoted the Commissioner of Police to have assured the general public that the perpetrators of the crime would be apprehended and brought to book.
However, the PPRO appealed to Enugu residents to remain law-abiding, vigilant and assist the police with useful information that would lead to the arrest and prosecution of the assailants.