Abia Assembly summons police commissioner, others over killing of businessman by officer
Nigeria, April 25 -- The Abia State House of Assembly has summoned the Commissioner of Police in the state, Kene Onwuemelie, to explain the circumstances surrounding the killing of a businessman by a police officer.
The Speaker of the House of Assembly, Emmanuel Emeruwa, in a post on his verified X handle on Wednesday, said the House also resolved to summon heads of other security agencies in the state over the incident.
The businessman, Emmanuel Okocha, PREMIUM TIMES gathered, died on Friday, 19 April, in the state after a police operative shot him for allegedly refusing to give bribe to a team of police operatives.
The late Okocha hailed from Abiriba, a community in Ohafia Local Government Area in the South-eastern state.
The operat...
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