The Enugu State Police Command is probing the circumstances surrounding the drowning of one Justus Oruka in a well in Enugu.
Oruka lived at Uli Street, Ogui in Enugu and was drowned in a well inside an uncompleted building located at Pocket Layout in Nkpokiti in the state capital, the police said.
The probe was made known on Sunday in a statement by the command’s spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu.
According to the statement, the incident occurred at 10 a.m. on September 21.
Amaraizu said that the Homicide and Criminal Investigation Departments were doing everything they could to unravel the cause of the incident.
The statement reads further: “People were seen gathered in their large numbers in Nkpokiti axis of the state to see things for themselves, while expressing shock and sorrow as they received the ugly information about a man that allegedly got drowned in a well filled with water.
“It was gathered that the deceased, identified as Justus Oruka, had allegedly got drowned in a well filled with water inside an uncompleted building at Pocket Layout, Nkpokiti where the deceased is said to be working as a house keeper.
“It was further gathered that when he was eventually recovered from the well and rushed to Eastern Nigeria Medical Centre he was confirmed dead by the doctor on duty,’’ he said.
