Chinyere Awuda: Family of slain Anambra lady petitions police, alleges cover-up

Chinyere Awuda: Family of slain Anambra lady petitions police, alleges cover-up

DAILY POST

The family of Miss Chinyere Awuda, the lady, who was allegedly beaten to death in a club house in Awka, Anambra State, has petitioned the state Commissioner of Police, Aderemi Adeoye, to thoroughly investigate the circumstances surrounding her death.

Awuda was said to have been attacked by clubbers for picking up money being sprayed on a celebrant at Cosmila Hotel. Her body was alleged to have been dumped in an abandoned pool.

Family of the deceased, led by her father, Mr Patrick Awuda, who was represented by Rigota Chambers, alleged that there was a plan to cover up the death of his daughter by the celebrant, the hotel and some police officers.

Part of the petition sent to the Commissioner of Police stated that the investigating police officer of ‘B’ Division, where the matter was being investigated, has been trying to coerce the family into accepting an amicable settlement, without accepting that their daughter was gruesomely murdered and dumped in the abandoned pool.

The hotel had alleged that Awuda stole from the celebrants and ran out of the club, and mistakenly…

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