Nigeria, Feb. 19 -- Two suspected killers of Justice Azuka, a member of the Anambra House of Assembly, have escaped from police custody in the state.

The police spokesperson in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday night.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that gunmen, on 24 December 2024, abducted Mr Azuka, a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly.

A joint security team, on 6 February, found the lawmaker's decomposing body at Second Niger Bridge in Onitsha, Anambra State.

The police in the state later confirmed that nine suspected killers of the lawmaker had been arrested.

But Mr Ikenga, a superintendent of police, said the Commissioner of Police in the state, Ikioye Orutugu, received a report o...