MEMBERS of the Enugu State Police Command have begun a manhunt for several unidentified men who lured one Sunday Onwe Uche from Amuri Nkanu West Local Government Area of the state to a hotel and made him drink acid. 

In what is the first such bizarre case of its kind, Mr Uche had been lured to a hotel situated in Gariki Awkunanaw, Enugu State, from where his friends took him to the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. They then poured acid on him and also made him drink the substance, leading to his near-death. 

Ebere Amaraizu, a spokesman for the Enugu State Police Command, said: “It was further gathered that the victim after taking the substance and having also been poured with the substance, became critically unconscious but was able to pass relevant information to a brother who shortly got to the scene when he was alerted before the victim allegedly went into coma. 

“Meanwhile background information had it that the victim is having unresolved financial issues with the suspects arising from a certain transaction. A full trace and track of suspects has commenced with a view to unmasking those behind the dastardly act, so that they can be brought to book just as the state command has advised members of the public not to take laws into their hands but to be law-abiding always." 

He added that the victim of the alleged acid bath is currently receiving medical attention at the Orthopaedic Hospital Enugu. It is not yet clear if any arrests have been made yet or whether the police have uncovered the identity of the perpetuators.