… Recover firearms, ammunition, stolen vehicle
The Anti-Cultism Squad of the Enugu State Command has arrested eight male criminal suspects.
According to a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe, the suspects were arrested for conspiracy, attempt to cause native war, threatening violence, criminal trespassing, and cultism.
The suspects include; David Onyekachukwu aged 22, Timothy Ezeali aged 22, Somadina Ebe aged 22, Nwosa Anele aged 22, Kasim Rafiu aged 28, and Godwin Udoh aged 24.
Ndukwe said they were arrested at Ugwuafor in Akpugo community of Nkanu West Local Government Area.
According to the Police Spokesman exhibits recovered from them which include: four (4) Pump action guns with eleven (11) live cartridges, four (4) motorcycles, one (1) dagger, two (2) Face-caps and T-shirts branded “Enugu Vigilante Group”, and objects suspected to be charms.
Ndukwe said preliminary investigation has shown that the suspects, who claim to be employers of a private security company, were in unlawful possession of the recovered firearms and ammunition adding that contrary to their claims, they were not hired and equipped by the leadership of the mentioned community to provide security for them.
“Furthermore, Timothy, David, and Godwin have all confessed to being members of the Vikings, Black Axe and De-Gbam secret cult groups, respectively, while further discreet investigation is ongoing”.
” In a different development, Police Operatives of the Command serving in Awkunanaw Police Division, while acting on credible intelligence, on 08/10/2023 at about 11.35 a.m., arrested two male suspects namely: Nzube Eze aged 20, and Igwe Nnamdi aged 22, both of Upper Meniru, Ikirike Enugu. ”
” Their arrest led to the recovery of a reported stolen ENTRACO-branded Toyota Hiace bus.
“Preliminary investigation reveals that the suspects confessed to being members of a vehicle stealing syndicate, stating that they and their cohorts at large, in the early morning hours of 07/10/2023, scaled the fence into the vehicle’s owner’s compound at One-Day, Awkunanaw Enugu, used raw acid to force the gate’s key open, and stole the vehicle from where it was parked”.
” They, however, abandoned the vehicle and escaped after they were intercepted by Vehicle Inspection Officers (V.I.O.) on their way to Okigwe, Imo State to sell it, before they were arrested by the Operatives on getting back to Enugu. Further discreet investigations are ongoing”.
” All the suspects will be arraigned in court once investigations are concluded.
This is even as the Commissioner of Police, Kanayo Uzuegu has reaffirmed the resolve of the Police to stamp out unrepentant criminals in Enugu State, while ordering the thorough and speedy conclusion of the ongoing investigations and prosecution of the suspects.
