ARISE News anchor, Maduagwu, killed by robbers in Abuja

•Police’s tactical teams to instrumentality implicit the investigation

By Kingsley Omonobi

ARISE Television News anchor, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, has been killed by equipped robbers during an onslaught astatine her residence successful Katampe, Abuja.

The onslaught took spot successful the aboriginal hours of yesterday.

ARISE News successful a connection by Hadiza Usman-Ajayi connected behalf of the management, said: “Sommie was not lone a cherished subordinate of the ARISE News household but besides a vibrant dependable that engaged and connected with our viewers.

“We widen our deepest condolences to her parents, siblings, extended family, friends, and loved ones astatine this hard time.

“Her dependable is present silent, but her spirit, passionateness and bequest volition endure arsenic portion of our corporate memory. We stay successful daze and telephone for a speedy investigation, apprehension, and prosecution of the culprits,” the connection added.

Maduagwu, fondly called “Sommie” by colleagues, was 29 years old.
She joined ARISE News arsenic a vibrant and engaging broadcaster whose enactment connected profoundly with audiences.

Beyond her media career, she was besides a trained lawyer and described arsenic a professional, supportive workfellow and beloved person to galore wrong and extracurricular the newsroom.

The incidental is presently nether probe by the Nigeria Police.

Police’s tactical teams to instrumentality implicit the investigation

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, FCT, Ajao Adewale, has directed the tactical teams of the Command, Special Anti-Robbery Squad and the Special Intelligence Unit to instrumentality implicit the probe into the decease of Maduagwu.

Police sources told Vanguard that Maduagwu, who was said to beryllium surviving unsocial astatine Katampe, a territory successful the Kubwa-Kaduna axis of the FCT, has nary relations successful Abuja arsenic her parents were based successful Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

The Divisional Police Officer for Katampe, a Chief Superintendent of Police, Sadiq Abubakar, erstwhile yet reached, disclosed that Police from his part person commenced an probe into the robbery incident.

Also, FCT Police spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said CP Adewale had directed Special tactical teams, including country of transgression grounds experts to instrumentality portion successful the investigations.

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