BREAKING: Police Uncover Decomposing Body Of Kidnapped Anambra Lawmaker

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Hon. Justice Azuka, a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, who was kidnapped during the last Christmas period has been found dead at the 2nd Niger Bridge.

Recall that Azuka, the representative of Onitsha 1 North Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly was abducted on On Tuesday, December 24, 2024.

Azuka was reportedly kidnapped while returning home on Ugwunaobankpa Road in Inland Town, Onitsha.

The abducted lawmaker, a chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), had regained his mandate after a court ruling ousted the previous winner, Hon. Douglas Egbuna of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who was initially declared the winner of the 2023 election.

Azuka was reportedly kidnapped at gunpoint in a swift operation that lasted less than five minutes on Ugwunaobankpa Road.

On Thurday, December 26, the Anambra State Police Command said the lawmaker’s vehicle has been recovered.

The Command’s spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga, said that police operatives attached to the Inland Town Division retrieved the abandoned vehicle during an ongoing rescue operation.

Despite the recovery, the lawmaker’s whereabouts remain unknown as the kidnappers are yet to contact his family.

Ikenga said, “Following an intense ongoing operation, police operatives attached to the Inland Town Division have recovered the vehicle of Honourable Justice Azuka, representing Onitsha North Constituency, who was kidnapped on December 24, 2024, at 9:20 pm while returning home along Ugwunapampa Road, Onitsha.”