…as CP Aliyu charges personnel to remain resolute, committed on quest to get rid of unrepentant criminals and their activities
Operatives of the Enugu State Police Command have carried out swift operations leading to the arrest of four male suspects involved in different offences and recovery of four firearms, fifteen live and one expended cartridges, three snatched/stolen vehicles, sixteen phones of different makers and some SIM cards.
Also recovered were four power banks, military wears, two daggers, some quantities of weeds suspected to be Indian Hemp and other incriminating items.
In a statement by the Police spokesperson, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, the operations, which were carried out by operatives attached to Enugu Area Command, Awkunanaw and 9th Mile Police Divisions of the Command.
Giving details of the operation, he said: “On 06/05/2021 at about 1945hrs, Police Operatives attached to Awkunanaw Police Division, recovered one (1) locally-made double-barreled pistol with two (2) live cartridges and a green-coloured Volkswagen Sharon Vehicle, said to have been snatched from its driver on 27/04/2021 at 2000hrs by a gang of armed robbers, who also robbed the passengers of their belongings. Acting on intelligence, the Operatives trailed the gang to Amagunze in Nkanu East L.G.A., where they were engaged in a gun duel by them. However, the criminals who could not withstand the superior firepower of the Operatives, escaped into the bush abandoning the vehicle and firearm. Meanwhile, intense discreet investigation to arrest and bring the culprits to book is ongoing.
“Similarly, Operatives attached to 9th Mile Police Division on 04/05/2021 at about 2041hrs, arrested one Barnabas Anton aged 20, of Ugwuto-Nsude in Udi LGA. His arrest was sequel to the receipt of an intelligence report linking him to an armed robbery gang that snatched a Toyota Camry Car from its owner same date at about 2000hrs. The armed robbers abandoned the vehicle and escaped, following intense pressure mounted by the Operatives to apprehend them, leaving behind one (1) cut-to-size locally-made revolver gun, two (2) locally-made pistols with thirteen (13) live and one (1) expended cartridges. Discreet investigation to arrest fleeing members of the gang has commenced.
“In another development, Operatives attached to Enugu Area Command on 03/05/2021 at about 0530hrs, arrested one Christopher Edwin Agaba aged 26, of CBQ 17, 82 Division Barracks, Enugu and Ugwu Chinwendu Marvelous aged 23, of No. 16 Thinker’s Corner Road, Abakpa-Nike, Enugu; and recovered sixteen (16) mobile phones of different makes with some SIM cardards, one (1) stabilizer, four (4) power banks, Nigerian Army wears and insignias, all of which they could not account for, and some quantity of weeds suspected to be Indian Hemp. The Operatives arrested the duo in a location popularly called South Africa, Beside 82 Division Army Barracks’ Mammy Market, Abakpa-Nike Enugu, following credible information received about their criminal activities.
“Furthermore, Operatives of the same Area Command, following a distress call received on 19/04/2021 at about 0840hrs, rescued and arrested one Ugo Nweke aged 34, of Cabinet-Amahausa, Obiagu, Enugu, from an angry mob that caught him at Oye-Emene, Enugu, mobbed and was at the verge of setting him ablaze for allegedly stealing a yellow-coloured Toyota Hiace Commercial Bus from where it was parked at Texaco, Abakpa-Nike, Enugu. The said vehicle has been recovered.”
He added that the suspects will be charged to court on conclusion of investigations.
Meanwhile, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu, while commending the operatives for the success of the operations, charged Officers and Men of the Command to remain resolute and committed to the quest of ridding the State of unrepentant criminals and their activities.
He also applauded and enjoined law-abiding residents of the state to continue to assist the Police with timely and credible information needed to further curb acts of crimes and criminality in the State.
