A combined security team has discovered the decomposing body of Hon. Justice Azuka, a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, at the 2nd Niger Bridge.
Azuka, a Labour Party (LP) chieftain, was reportedly kidnapped on Tuesday, December 24, while returning home on Ugwunaobankpa Road in Inland Town, Onitsha. He had recently regained his mandate after a court ruling ousted Hon. Douglas Egbuna of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who was initially declared the winner of the 2023 election.
According to reports, the lawmaker was abducted at gunpoint in a swift operation lasting less than five minutes. Security operatives have since arrested the suspects, who led authorities to the location where they dumped his body.