Security operatives in Delta State have arrested a member of the Anti-Cult Unit, Philip Chukwuka, 33, for allegedly shooting and killing a 19-year-old girl, Isioma Nwayalani, in Okpanam, a town in Oshimili North Local Government Area, near Asaba.
Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that the tragic incident was reported at 8:30 p.m. by the family of the victim, who informed the Okpanam Divisional Police Headquarters that they had received a distress call from a man identified as Chika, informing them that his younger sister had been fatally shot.
Upon receiving the report, police patrol teams were swiftly deployed to the scene, where they encountered a large crowd protesting the killing.
The security operatives managed to disperse the crowd peacefully, and a spent cartridge was recovered at the scene.
