Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested a 25-year-old man identified as Akpa Lebechukwu, for macheting a commercial bus driver to death at Okija Junction, Ihiala Local Government Area of the state. today September 18.
The state police spokesperson, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, who disclosed this in a statement said the driver who was leaving Lagos and heading to Imo State, parked to drop off a passenger, when he was attacked by the criminal.
Ikenga said the suspect jumped into the vehicle after the driver had dropped off a passenger and macheted him.
“Today (Sunday) 18/9/2022 at about 12:05pm, police arrested one Akpa Lebechukwu ‘M’ 25yrs from Enugu State, and recovered one machete from him.
“The suspect attacked the driver of a commercial vehicle on transit from Lagos to Imo state at Okija junction, along Onitsha/Owerri Expressway.
“The victim parked to drop a passenger before Lebechukwu jumped into the vehicle and macheted the driver. The driver was rushed to the hospital before he was declared dead by a medical doctor on duty.”
It was however not clear what the intention of the attacker was or his state of mind.
Ikenga quoted the Anambra State Police Commissioner as ordering the immediate transfer of the matter to the state criminal investigation department.
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