The Anambra State Government has intervened in the recent abduction and killing of prominent businessman and Fish Magnet owner, Mr. Martin Ifesinachi Onyekesi.
Onyekesi, regarded as one of the leading fish merchants in Awka, was abducted from his residence last week by unidentified gunmen who shot him in the leg. Despite a ransom payment, his body was later found dumped in Amawbia.
The incident has sparked widespread outrage, with many decrying the deteriorating security situation in Anambra and urging Governor Prof. Chukwuma Soludo to take decisive action.
In response, the state government has pledged to bring those responsible to justice.
During a condolence visit to the victim’s mother, Mrs. Esther Onyekesi—who also serves as the Woman Leader of the Anambra State All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)—the Commissioner for Information, Dr. Law Mefor, assured that the government would leave no stone unturned in tracking down the perpetrators.
Mefor, who described the fish dealer’s death as dastardly and heart-wrenching, sympathized with the deceased’s mother, assuring her that the state government is with her in search of justice while sustaining and strengthening security in Anambra State.
“Such a death is an affront to the Solution Government’s new security architecture. Police are already on the heels of the perpetrators and have issued a statement on the matter after recovering the vehicle in which they drove him away.
“Nobody can commit such a dastardly act in Anambra State and get away with it. We’ll fight and get him justice. The mother will get justice, the family will get justice, and Anambra will get justice.
“It’s a very painful loss for all of us, and the government is always challenged when things like this happen because it’s an affront to the new security architecture put in place by the Solution Government led by Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo.
“The new security architecture has been remarkably trying to deal with all manner of criminality, and whoever lives in Anambra will attest to the fact that security has tremendously improved since the new security architecture was put in place and launched by Governor Soludo on February 18, 2025.
“Between then and now, security has dramatically improved to the point that all the areas that are challenged have been fully receiving the needed attention.
“And whoever is constituting a security challenge in Anambra now knows that they have the government’s new security outfits—Agunechemba and Operation Udo Ga-Achi—to contend with,” he said.