Security Firm Owner’s Wife Accuses Police Of Killing Her Husband

The wife of a private security firm owner, Gladys Kelikuma, has accused the police of being behind the murder of her husband, Ernest Kelikuma. Sixty-year-old Kelikuma, a father of 10 children and a native of Ewechi-Onicha-Ukwuani in Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta State was allegedly murdered after he received a call from an investigating police officer over the arrest of an armed robber by his private security outfit.

The wife of the deceased said the incident occurred on August 31, 2017 at Fegge Police Station at about 6.30pm, adding that the remains of her husband were deposited at Boromi Hospital, Onitsha by the police. It was gathered that Kelikwuma’s security firm, called Ambassador Security Service and Co. Nigeria Limited, had apprehended an armed robber, who was trying to break into a house in Fegge town and recovered the robber’s gun. The wife of the deceased, who spoke to our correspondents in Asaba, maintained that the spirit of her husband would not rest until his killers were brought to book.

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