Kwara CP: Chime offers N10m for useful information

From EZEH CHIBUOKE

Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State yesterday announced a N10 million reward for anybody that could volunteer information that would lead to the arrest of those behind last Saturday’s killing of the Kwara State Commissioner of Police (CP), Chinwike Asadu in Enugu.

The governor who paid a condolence visit to the home of the deceased CP described the incident as a big embarrassment to not only the police but the country at large. "This is most embarrassing not just to the police but to the nation.

For a senior police officer to be killed in such a manner, to me, is quite unfortunate and the state government has decided to take a position on this to show the seriousness of what has happened; it has followed a pattern. What they do now is to follow and kill people with escorts; they kill and collect the guns of their victims. I think it has taken a pattern. "So we are paying a ransom of N10 million for anybody that will give us information that will lead to the arrest of the culprits to show the seriousness.

It’s quite embarrassing." He assured that the state would provide all necessary assistance to security agencies in the country to ensure the killers of the CP were tracked down and brought to book. The governor described the killing as shocking and dastardly, adding that no effort would be spared to fish out the culprits.

He expressed regret that Asadu, who was a native of Enugu State suffered such a cruel fate after many years of dedicated service to the nation, adding that the development was even more disheartening as Asadu was close to retirement from service when he was murdered.

Chime extended his condolences to the IGP, the family of the deceased CP and the government and people of Kwara State, assuring them that the people of Enugu State shared their grief and outrage over the unfortunate incident.

He further disclosed that his government would be well disposed to assist the family in whichever way to further ameliorate the pains that the killing of their breadwinner would cause them, adding that to also tackle the increasing spate of insecurity in the state, the government had procured some police vans, which would be handed over in a week’s time.

Responding on behalf of the bereaved family, the first son of the late CP, Onyekachi Asadu, expressed appreciation to the police command in the state, the governor and the nation at large for the outpour of emotions that had been shown to the family since the incident happened.