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Chetanne Chinelo, Enugu

The spokesman of the Enugu State Police Command, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, has confirmed the murder of a former Enugu Guber aspirant of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Engr. Dons Udeh.

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Udeh, a former secretary of the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was noted to be missing when he left his house since Saturday, 22nd April, 2023, neither returned nor answered calls made by his wife to his phone, raising fears that he may have been kidnapped.

His telephone was later found by the wall of the Ogui police station confirming fears that he could have run into trouble. His wife who had been trying the line was later informed that the phone was found.

She was said to have reported at the station where she narrated that she had been trying to reach him without success.

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In a statement issued by DSP Daniel Ndukwe, the spokesperson of the command, he explained that: “The lifeless and decomposing body of the deceased, identified as a 2023 Enugu State Governorship Election Aspirant under the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), was found in a bush at 9th Mile Bypass in Udi Local Government Area, on 25/04/2023 at about 1100hrs, with marks of violence, which strongly suggests that he was murdered. The corpse was evacuated to the hospital, where it was confirmed dead and deposited in the mortuary for preservation and medical autopsy, by Police Operatives serving in 9th Mile Police Division of the Command.

“Meanwhile, preliminary investigation indicates that the deceased was reported to have been missing since Saturday, 22nd April 2023, at about 4pm, when he left his Enugu City home in a white-coloured Toyota Highlander Jeep, with registration number: ENU 800 NX, to an undisclosed destination. All 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, 26/04/2023 at about 10am, at Ngwo, along Old Enugu Road, Udi Local Government Area.”

Engr. Dons Udeh who hails from Ozalla in Nkanu West LGA of Enugu State had on August 25, 2022, announced his return to the PDP during a thank you visit to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi by Enugu East senatorial zone.

He was a two time Commissioner in Enugu State; one time Federal Commissioner at NCC; one time member of the NDLEA Board and the current Vice Chairman, Nigeria Society of Engineers, Enugu Branch.

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