The Anambra State Lawmaker Hon. Justice Azuka abducted on Christmas eve has been found dead.
He was traveling home when he was abducted by unknown gunmen.
His decomposing body was discovered at the 2nd Niger Bridge by a combined security team.
On Tuesday, 24 December, 2024, the deceased was abducted while returning home on Ugwunaobankpa Road in Inland Town, Onitsha.
He was kidnapped at gunpoint in a swift operation that lasted less than five minutes on Ugwunaobankpa Road.
Azuka, a chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), had recently regained his mandate after a court ruling ousted the previous winner, Hon. Douglas Egbuna of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who was initially declared the winner of the 2023 election.
A security source confirmed to SaharaReporters that the culprits were arrested on Wednesday night, 5 February, 2025 and taken to where the corpse was dumped.
The source said, “We have arrested the culprits that kidnapped and killed him. They were arrested very late last (Wednesday) night, and they now went and showed the security men where they dumped the corpse.
“It is sad and tragic. What a huge loss. May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace. Amen. Our condolences and heart-felt sympathy to his family, traditional ruler of Onitsha, Obi of Onitsha, Dr Alfred Achebe and the entire people of Onitsha North Constituency 1.
“Two nights ago, on Tuesday, kidnappers had a field day along Awka Road in the centre of Onitsha, firing several gunshots during an attempted abduction.”
