The Anambra State Police Command  has arrested one suspect in connection with the attack  on Prof Chukwuma Soludo, a former CBN governor and the governorship aspirant under the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in the  Anambra 2021 guber election and the abduction of Emeka Ezenwanne, the State Commissioner for Water Resources and Public Utilities.

According to a statement on Thursday  by the State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ikenganya Tochukwu, he said  that one person has been arrested in connection with the act.

And that the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Monday Bala Kuryas, in the evening hours of March 31, 2021, led a crack team of police operatives for an on-the-spot assessment of the venue of a stakeholders/ community meeting at Isuofia Civic Centre in Aguata LGA, which came under attack same date at about 1730hrs by yet to be identified armed hoodlums.

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Tochukwu said the CP also visited the former CBN Governor, Prof Soludo to reinforce the security in his house and the community entirely.

“To this end, the CP while condemning the act, commiserates with the family and friends of the officers who paid the supreme price, ordered the immediate launch of a tacit investigation to unravel the mystery behind the incidence, as well as to bring perpetrators of the barbaric act to book.

“He also called on the residents in the state to join hands in the fight against crime and criminality.”

In his response, the PPRO said, Soludo thanked the commissioner and his team for the quick response.