The Enugu State Police Command has arrested four suspects in connection with the death of a mother and her daughter in Ijo-Ozalla, Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of the state.
A statement by Ebere Amaraizu, the Police Public Relations Officer, said the suspects were assisting the Command in unraveling the cause of their death and arrest other culprits.
The statement said: “A woman identified as Uche Nweze and her daughter, Ukamaka Nweze, from Ijo-Ozalla in Igboetiti local government area were said to have fallen into a well and died.
“Their corpses had been recovered and deposited in a mortuary for post mortem examination.”
In a related development, the Police said they have detained a suspect in Umulumgbe, Udi Local Government Area for being in possession of a locally made double barrel pistol and three live cartridges.
According to the statement, members of Neighborhood Watch Group in the area arrested the suspect at a beer parlour with a gun, which he handed over to them.
The statement appealed to the public to be security conscious, law abiding and partner with security agencies to secure the state.
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