Death of Arise TV anchor: Somtochukwu jumped from 3rd floor—FCT Police boss

…DCP successful complaint CID overseeing the investigation

By Kingsley Omonobi

The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Commissioner, CP Ajao Adewale, has confirmed that Arise News Anchor, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, died aft jumping from the apical level of her Katampe flat during an equipped robbery incidental connected Monday.

Vanguard had reported that Vigilantes successful the compound told neighbours that aft jumping from the apical level of the 3-storey gathering and landing connected the hard cemented floor, she was unconscious and discovered successful a unspeakable authorities earlier she was rushed to the hospital.

Speaking connected the incidental connected Arise TV, yesterday, CP Adewale said officers recovered Maduagwu unconscious astatine the country and rushed her to the hospital.He said: “Policemen moved to the country and recovered her lying unconscious. She was instantly taken to Maitama General Hospital, wherever doctors tried to resuscitate her utilizing CPR, but sadly, she could not marque it.”

He said the robbers invaded Unique Apartment, a three-story duplicate gathering with 18 flats, located astir the Gishiri axis of Katampe, nether the Mabushi Divisional Area.

“Some chartless equipped robbers gained entree to Unique Apartments wherever Maduagwu lived.

“Two backstage information guards were connected duty. One of them, who had the courageousness to situation the robbers, sustained a gunshot injury.

“In the panic that followed, Maduagwu, who lived connected the topmost level of the building, jumped down from the 3rd storey.

“The consequences were tragic and precise unfortunate,” Adewale said. An probe team, led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Investigation), had been acceptable up to way down the attackers. He assured that “no chromatic volition beryllium near unturned until the perpetrators are brought to justice.

“We person acceptable up a circumstantial probe squad headed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Investigation, with each tactical units progressive to way down the culprits.

“The leads we are getting are already being worked on, and nary chromatic volition beryllium near unturned until the perpetrators are brought to justice.

“FCT Command erstwhile again commiserates with the household of Sommie, the Arise News family, and Nigerians profoundly touched by this disfigured and disturbing incident,” helium said.

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