As part of the 2025 proactive, community-driven, and results-oriented policing strategy introduced by the Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, the Command’s operatives have successfully arrested three male suspects for armed robbery and cultism in separate operations.
According to a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe, these arrests led to the recovery of three firearms, eight live cartridges, and other exhibits.
According to the statement, in one of the operations, operatives from the Oji-River Police Division of the Command arrested two male suspects: Okorie Israel Nweze (aged 25) and Tobechukwu Emmanuel (aged 20), on January 14, 2025, at Garriki, Ugwuoba, Oji-River.
He added that teo pump-action guns and six live cartridges were recovered from the suspects, who confessed to being involved in armed robbery and other criminal activities, including drug trafficking along Abakaliki Road, Awka, Anambra State.
Similarly, in another operation, on January 2, 2025, around 8:00 p.m., operatives from the Commands Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad, acting on credible intelligence, rescued and arrested one Effia Onyedika John (aged 27), also known as “Fela,” from an angry mob at Ugbo-Paul, Abakpa-Nike, Enugu.
A locally made double-barreled pistol loaded with two live cartridges was recovered from him. The suspect confessed to membership in the Vikings confraternity and a criminal gang responsible for multiple armed robberies and thefts within the Enugu metropolis.
All the suspects will be arraigned in court once investigations are concluded.
While commending the efforts of the operatives, CP Kanayo has reaffirmed the Command’s commitment to making Enugu State unconducive for unrepentant criminal elements and their activities in 2025.
He urges citizens to remain law-abiding, vigilant, and supportive by providing credible and actionable information to assist the police in combating crimes.
