Abia Environmental Agency Officer Kills Teenager Over Refuse Disposal

An officer of the Abia State Environmental Protection Agency, ASEPA, identified as Okeugo Ugonna, has reportedly killed a 17-year-old boy for dumping refuse behind a filled up receptacle.

According to a report by Vanguard, the suspect killed the teenager, Daniel Ogbonna, when he came dispose refuse at about 5:30 pm on Sunday, but the receptacle was filled.

He was said to have left the area after disposing the waste outside the filled receptacle.

However, another official identified as Biggy was alleged to have asked the suspect to arrest the victim for disposing the refuse outside the receptacle. But the arrest ended in death.

According to an eyewitness; “The ASEPA man in charge of that bucket called Biggy ordered one of his boys to run after the boy who disposed his waste and left. 

“The boy wasn’t running because he never knew they were after him. Suddenly I saw him dragging the boy along. The next thing I saw was a heavy blow that landed the boy on the tarred floor. He fell flat without moving.

“On seeing that the boy may have died,  he tried to escape but some boys caught him and handed him over to Aba Central Police Station. Suddenly, Biggy ran away when he saw what his boy did.

“How can a serious waste management agency put only one receptacle. It’s always filled up and they don’t evacuate it as expected.

“Today, they’ve killed an innocent young boy just because he disposed of waste where others did.”

A police source at the Aba Central Police Station was quoted by Vanguard to have disclosed that Ugonna has been arrested while a search for his accomplice has commenced.

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