MISSING GOVERNORSHIP ASPIRANT FOUND DEAD IN

ENUGU
A former governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in
Enugu State in the just-concluded 2023 general elections has been found
dead.
The deceased, Dons Ude, was declared missing last Saturday.
Mr Ude was said to have been found dead at Ninth Mile Corner in Udi
Local Government Area of Enugu State, south-east Nigeria.
His vehicle was also reported to have been recovered.Before he was
declared missing, Mr Ude was reportedly not responding to calls to his
telephone line, which raised fears that he might have been abducted.Sources
said his phone was later found by the wall of the Ogui Police Station. This
raised more fears that he might have been in trouble.
His wife, who had been trying to reach the husband on the phone, was later
informed that the phone had been found.The distressed wife was said to
have reported at the station where she narrated that she had been unable to
reach her husband on the phone.
It is not clear, for now, if the politician was a victim of kidnap, sources
saidAll efforts made to trace his whereabouts proved abortive, until his
remains were found on the said date and location while the vehicle was
later found abandoned and recovered today, 26 April at about 10 a.m. at
Ngwo in Udi Local Government Area,” he said.
Mr Ndukwe said there were marks of violence on the victim’s body which,
according to him, “strongly suggests that he was murdered.”He said the
victim’s body was deposited in a mortuary for preservation and medical
autopsy after being confirmed dead by a doctor in a hospital.
The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Ahmed Ammani, has ordered
police operatives from the Homicide Section of the State Criminal
Investigation Department and Tactical Squads to investigate the murder of the
victim, Mr Ndukwe said.Mr Ammani asked the operatives to combine
efforts in the investigation to track down the killers “within the shortest
possible time.”