by Rachel Ogbu

As the police begins investigation to ascertain and arrest all those who participated in the killing of Emmanuel Nwegwe who was accused of murdering his relative, many have taken to Twitter remembering ALLU4 victims who were murdered in similar circumstances on 5 October 2012.

An angry mob burnt Nwegwe to death last week after he reportedly shot Innocent Onu, 54, at Umunaga village in Uburu community of Ohaozara Local government area of Ebonyi state.

According to reports, the Ebonyi state police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Sylvester Igbo who condemned the manner in which the deceased was allegedly killed by the youths of the area, stressed that they had no right to take laws into their hands since the case was still under investigation by the police.

On Twitter, reactions have been coming in from concerned citizens including Afrobeat artiste, Seun Anikulapo-Kuti :

This bring bck d sad memory of Aluu4, why has law & order broken down in naija, where is our govt, do we hve one pls? dlvr.it/3Kfnbv

— Seun Anikulapo Kuti(@RealSeunKuti) May 5, 2013

 

So after aluu4 some people still set ablaze alleged criminals without a fair hearing? Is there any end to lawlessness is this country??

— ♐Ascender♐ (@iTzmR_YoDE) May 5, 2013

 

It’s been 7 months since #Aluu4.May they continue to RIP. No convictions yet by the judicial system..

— O (@dtwistednerd) May 5, 2013

[READ: ALUU4: Trial judge withdraws from case saying, “I am sitting between the devil and deep blue sea”]

“However, the police is still investigating to get information through the grapevine source; to know who and who were instrumental to the man’s death; we are right to say that youths in area carried out the act because after the alleged action of the deceased against his relative, the youth had mounted a manhunt for him.

Police is working round the clock to make sure that those that killed the man are brought to book. He was burnt to death on Saturday morning,” a police spokesman said.