The Zamfara state police command says it has commenced
investigation into the death of Enoch Okpara, a medical doctor, who was killed
and burnt by unknown assailants.
Okpara was a consultant obstetrics/gynaecologist who worked
at the Federal Medical Centre, Gusau.
The doctor was found dead at his residence in Mareri area of
Gusau, the state capital, on Saturday.
Shehu Mohammed, the police public relations Officer (PPRO)
of the state command, confirmed the incident to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on
Sunday.
He said Usman Nagogo, the Zamfara commissioner of police,
has directed an investigation into the incident in order to arrest the
perpetrators.
“We received the sad report of the gruesome murder of a
medical doctor, Enoch Okpara on Saturday afternoon,” he said.
“Due to the terrible nature of the killing, the Commissioner
of Police, Mr Usman Nagogo, ordered for immediate commencement of investigation
into the matter.
“This is with a view to fish out the culprits and bringing
them to book.”
Speaking on the incident, Mannir Bature, vice-chairman of
the state’s chapter of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), described the
deceased as a “quiet gentleman”.
He said the doctor was discovered missing when he did not
show up in church on Saturday morning which was unusual of him.
Bature said the church had to contact some of Okpara’s
colleagues who tried his mobile phone number which rang repeatedly without response,
thereby raising the alarm that something had gone wrong.
He said when his colleagues checked the house where the
deceased lived alone, as his family was not in Zamfara, his car was seen parked
inside the compound and so, drew the attention of the police to check in.
According to Bature, the burnt body of the deceased was
discovered in the courtyard while bloodstains were seen on the walls of the
room.
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