An officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) serving in Onitsha, Anambra State, Emeka Ojei, was on Thursday allegedly strangled to death by his colleagues.
It was learnt that the victim had damaging corruption case against one of his assailants which he intended to submit to the corps’ headquarters.
A source said the suspect had appealed to Mr Emeka to stay action on the allegation, but he refused, prompting him to launch an attack with the help of a colleague.
“He (Emeka) was working on a report on a corruption case to be sent to the headquarters in Benin.
“As he was about going to deliver the report, his oga called him back, insisting he shouldn’t go. But he refused,” the source said.
“His oga, the unit commander, dragged him, trying to take his telephone when another officer joined him. He was struggling with them over the telephone when they strangled him to death.”
Emeka, a native of Okpanam in Delta State, was a Senior Road Marshall Assistant.
The unit commander and his accomplice, reports say, have been arrested and detained at Onitsha Police Area Command.
FRSC spokesman, Pascal Anigbo, said the incident occurred at 7pm Thursday.
“I don’t have the full details of the incident now,” Mr Anigbo said.
