The police in Delta State have arrested the Commissioner for Secondary Education, Kingsley Ashibogwu, and four others over the death of Unity Adeda, a deputy director in the ministry.
The police also said they had launched a manhunt for two other persons described as key suspects in the investigation.
Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, in a statement on Monday, said the command had also intensified efforts to apprehend two persons it described as key suspects in the case.
“The Delta State Police Command, in continuation of the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr Unity Ekpevbughe Adeda, Deputy Director in the Delta State Ministry of Secondary Education, has taken into custody the Commissioner for Secondary Education, Dr. Kingsley Ashibogwu, alongside three other suspects in connection with the case.
“This brings the number of persons currently in Police custody in connection with the investigation to five,” the statement said.
The Command said it had consequently launched a manhunt for Mrs Clemetine Ufuoma, Director of Basic and Secondary Education, and Clement Apia, driver to the Commissioner for Secondary Education.
The police said the presence of the two persons “is required in furtherance of the investigation.”
The Command urged both suspects to make themselves available to investigators without further delay.
“The Commissioner of Police, Delta State Command, Samuel E. Erale, urges the two suspects, wherever they may be, to make themselves available to the Police without further delay,” Edafe said.
The police boss, according to the statement, also reiterated that the investigation would be conducted thoroughly, impartially and professionally, stressing, ‘Anyone culpable will face justice’
The Command assured the family of the deceased and members of the public that due process would be followed in determining the circumstances surrounding Adeda’s death.
