…as CP charges operatives to sustain onslaught against unrepentant criminal elements
Operatives of the Enugu State Police Command have arrested two male criminal suspects for the unlawful possession of firearms and involvement in cultism.
Two firearms with ammunition of different calibres and one vehicle were recovered from the suspects.
In a breakdown of the operational breakthrough by the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, “On 08/04/2021 at about 0300hrs, operatives of the Command attached to Anti-Cultism Squad, arrested one Chijioke Ijomanta (a.k.a CJ) aged 34 and Benjamin Mela aged 30, both residing at Isiagu Ugwuaji Community in Enugu South L.G.A. and alleged members of Vikings Confraternity cult group. Their arrests, which is due to revelations obtained in an ongoing investigation, led to the recovery of one (1) Pump Action gun.
“Similarly, on 04/04/2021 at about 0730hrs, the same Police Operatives of the Command, conducted a search in a building at Nwakanwa Street in Independence Layout, Enugu and recovered one (1) English-made Berretta pistol with breech number: AO7815Z and the following rounds of different calibres of live ammunition: thirteen (13) rounds of .9mm, nineteen (19) rounds of 7.65, thirty six (36) rounds of .25mm special ammunition and ten (10) rounds of live cartridges. The recovery was due to the confessional statement of a suspect earlier arrested and is being investigated in the case of unlawful possession of firearm and cultism.
“Also, Police Operatives attached to 9th Mile Police Division of the Command, on 01/04/2021 at about 2150hrs, recovered one (1) Toyota Hummar Commercial Bus, belonging to Onitsha South Plus Transport Company, in Obioma Community of Udi L.G.A. The vehicle was recovered following the prompt response of the operatives to a report made by the driver on same date at about 2120hrs, that armed robbers snatched the vehicle from him at Enugu/Onitsha Expressway Bypass, 9th Mile. The hoodlums abandoned the vehicle and escaped, due to intense pressure made by the operatives to apprehend them and recover the vehicle.
“The arrested suspects will be charged to court on conclusion of investigation, while discreet investigations are ongoing to apprehend others at large.
“The Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu, while reiterating the unwavering commitment of the Command to weed out unrepentant criminal elements and their activities in the State, has commended efforts of the operatives and charged them to sustain the tempo.”
He enjoined law-abiding citizens of the State to remain vigilant and continue to support the Command in the fight against acts of crime and criminality.
