Transition Committee Chairman of Nnewi North Local
Government Area, Hon. Mbazulike Iloka, who was earlier suspended by Governor
Chukwuma Soludo over complicity in the death of his wife, Chidiebere Iloka, has
been arrested.
Iloka, who was sworn in as chairman of the local government
area less than a week before the death of his wife, was removed following
allegations of wife battery, which led to her death.
Iloka had long denied being responsible for the death of his
wife, claiming that he had never touched her and that she slipped and fell
while bringing food to him, hitting her head on a concrete wall.
A source confirmed that the suspended chairman, popularly known as Mba Mba, is currently being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Awka, Anambra State, under charges of culpable homicide.
His arrest, it was gathered, was a result of a petition by
the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Monday addressed
to the Inspector-General of Police Usman Alkali Baba at the Nigeria Police
Force Headquarters.
Meanwhile, the Anambra State Police Command has confirmed
the arrest.
The state police command’s spokesperson, DSP Toochukwu
Ikenga said: “He is in our custody now and I urge the members of the public to
be patient as the autopsy shall prove the cause of the wife’s death. Meanwhile,
investigation is still ongoing.”
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