Apprentice Death: CP Overrules Parents, Insists On Investigation

The commissioner of constabulary successful Anambra State, Ikioye Orutugu, has dismissed the absorption from the parents of a 17-year -old apprentice who reportedly died nether arguable circumstances.

He  insisted that afloat probe indispensable beryllium conducted to found the existent origin of his death.

LEADERSHIP gathered that the motionless assemblage of the apprentice, Chikamso Ejiofor, was recovered astatine nighttime connected October 5, 2025, successful a compound successful Umuzocha village, Awka, the Anambra State superior city.

It was gathered that a nonmigratory of the compound had returned from a Church vigil that nighttime and stumbled into the motionless assemblage of the apprentice, and, swiftly reported the incidental to the Central Police Station (CPS), Awka.

A squad of unit from the constabulary presumption had rushed to the scene, and, aft taking pictures of the country took the assemblage of the apprentice to a infirmary wherever a aesculapian doc was said to person confirmed him dead.

The nationalist relations serviceman of the authorities constabulary bid (PPRO), superintendent of police, SP Tochukwu Ikenga successful a connection yesterday, however, said that the parents of the deceased curiously person applied to the bid that they bash not privation the substance investigated.

He said that the parents said that they were alert that their lad was a stubborn person.

Ikenga said, “The parents of the deceased were subsequently traced and informed of the incident, but they voluntarily expressed their determination not to prosecute the lawsuit further, citing their consciousness of the deceased’s alleged unruly behaviour.

They(parents of the deceased) person since sworn an affidavit and submitted a ceremonial withdrawal missive to that effect”, the constabulary image-maker said further.

He, however, said that  CP Orutugu “while acknowledging the family’s position, reiterated that the bid has a statutory work to analyse each unnatural deaths to guarantee that justness and transparency are served”.

Ikenga said that  CP Orutugu has truthful directed the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Awka to proceed a thorough reappraisal of the incidental to find the existent origin of death.