he Police in Rivers State arrested yesterday
House of Assembly Leader Chidi Lloyd over
the death of Police Sergeant Urang Obadiah
and a politician, Kingsley Ejeuo.
According to a statement by police
spokesman Ahmad K. Mohammad, Lloyd was
arrested on his way to the Air Force base
where he was going to escape the arrest in
Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s private jet.
Mohammad alleged that the House leader
drove his bullet proof vehicle in a reckless
manner to kill the two victims at the Emohua
on the East-West road on December 30, last
year.
He said the police initially thought it was an
accident until further investigations proved
otherwise.
Lloyd’s lawyer Emenike Ebete could not be
reached last night for his reaction.
The police statement reads: “The Rivers State
Police Command has arrested Hon. Chidi
Llyod of the Rivers State House of Assembly
for murder of Police Sgt. Urang Obediah and
Mr. Kingsley Ejeuo, his kinsman and arch
political opponent.
“He was arrested on his way to join His
Excellency Governor Amaechi Rotimi in his
private jet at the Air Force base to escape
justice.
“Hon. Chidi Lloyd while pursuing his political
opponent, Ejeuo, hit and knocked down Sgt.
Urang Obediah, in his (Obadiah’s) effort to
stop him (Lloyd).
“He rammed over the Passat car in which
Ejeuo was driving, killing him on the spot.
“The Police initially thought it was a mere
accident which ought to have been a
manslaughter, not until Lloyd relocated from
the initial private hospital where he was
being treated, after ACP Aliyu Garba by the
directives of CP Mbu J. Mbu visited him that
the Police began to raise suspicion and went
into further investigations on the purported
accident.
”Conscious of what he did, Chidi Lloyd
relocated to another hospital. It was later
that facts emerged that Chidi Lloyd drove a
bullet proof vehicle while pursuing his
political opponent late Mr. Kingsley Ejeuo and
he knocked down the police Sergeant who
died on the spot and moved ahead and
smashed Ejeuo’s Passat car, killing him also
on the spot.
“The late Mr. Kingsley Ejeuo who hailed from
the same place with Lloyd was a member of
PDP.
“While being guarded by four police in his
hospital bed, he sneaked out through the
hospital’s back door in three tinted bullet
proof jeeps and escaped.” Police claimed.
Lloyd a member representing Emohua LGA is
standing trial on attempted murder of his
colleague Michael Chinda during the last July
9, fracas at the floor of the state House.
The case was adjourned to November 27 for
hearing on application to quash the
information against him.
The matter did not go on following the state-
imposed public holiday to mark the Port
Harcourt centenary celebration. No further
date has been fixed for the matter.
Police lied, says CPS
The Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Rivers
State Governor Rotimi Amaechi, Mr. David
Iyofor, said last night of the police account of
the arrest: “It is most preposterous and
outrageous for the police to say that. Escape
to where? Does it make any sense to escape
from Port Harcourt to Abuja? Is Abuja not
within the Federal Republic of Nigeria? It’s a blatant lie.”