The recommended dismissal and prosecution of a police inspector, Edem Ebong, who shot and killed five persons in Enugu state has been approved,
Ebong who was attached to Special Protection Unit (SPU) Base 9 Umuahia is facing charges for murder.
The Enugu state police command on Friday, November 26, in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Daniel Ndukwe, made the disclosure.
Muri Musa, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in-charge of Zone 13, Ukpo-Dunukofia Anambra state approved Ebong’s dismissal.
This is coming 5 months after the police officer attached to a lottery firm in Enugu, on Sunday, June 20, killed at least five persons and injured four others.
The commissioner of the police in the state, Mohammed Aliyu, through the command's spokesperson, Daniel Ndukwe said the injured persons who were victims of what seemed like an unprovoked attack have been taken to the Enugu State University Teaching Hospital.
Aliyu directed his deputy to investigate the circumstances that led to the officer's unruly and dangerous behaviour.
In a previous report, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi condoled with the victims of the shooting during his visit to the hospital.
Apart from promising the injured persons that he will pay their medical bills, Governor Ugwuanyi also mourned with the families of the deceased.
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