The Commissioner for Police, Abubakar Lawal has charged Enugu Police operatives to stay atop ensuring the security of lives and properties in the state and purging the State of unrepentant criminal elements.
He stated this while parading 26 male suspects apprehended over offences of conspiracy, unlawful possession of firearms/ammunition, and cult activities; 24 suspects were busted for cultism and 2 for illegal possession of arms.
A statement signed by the ASP Daniel Ndukwe, Police Public Relations Officer,
Enugu State Command, “The arrests led to the recovery of one (1) English-made Berretta pistol with one (1) live round of .9mm caliber ammunition, four (4) locally-made pistols with three (3) live cartridges, and other incriminating exhibits.”
Relating the operations that led to the arrests, Ndukwe recounts, “On Saturday, 28th May, 2022 at about 5.30pm, Police Operatives serving in the Nsukka Sector of the Command’s Crack Squad arrested one Benedict Nwodo aged 29, of Ugwuechara in Nsukka, following their prompt response to a distress call alleging that he was sighted with a gun along CSO Site in Nsukka. One (1) English-made Berretta pistol with one (1) live round of .9mm caliber of ammunition was recovered from him.”
Early hours of same day, Saturday 28th May, 2022 at about 4.30am, Police Operatives serving in Anti-Cultism Squad of the Command, acting on credible information, busted a secret cult meeting/initiation process in a forest at Eke in Udi LGA, arrested twenty-four (24) suspects and recovered two (2) locally made pistols, seven (7) black berets and a white-colored ten litres jerry can containing liquid substance suspected to be a mixture of palm wine and Indian hemp used for the initiation.
Fourteen out of the twenty-four suspects were newly initiated while the remaining ten (10) are old members of Apache Tigers (Two-Two) also known as Black Beret (BB) Confraternity.
The suspects aged between 40 and 21 all confessed to being members of the secret cult. They are: Eze Lucky Chinemerem aged 27, Igwe Chidimma Jonathan aged 22, Ugwu Chiemerie aged 22, Agubata Chidera aged 22, Abraham Onumah aged 28, Abdulraham Suleiman aged 21, Chizoba Atu aged 23, Sunday Victor aged 23, Eneh Chidera aged 28, Asadu Ejike Stephen aged 25, Eze Chibuzor Emmanuel aged 22, Ebuo Tochukwu Victor aged 27, Ogbodo Mohammed aged 32 and Gabriel Ebubechukwu aged 23. Others are Offia Emeka Emmanuel aged 26, Ajoku Leo Chiemeka aged 28, Onyekwelu Ugochukwu aged 32, Chibuoke Chukwuemeka aged 40, Chineke Chibueze aged 26, Ugwu Chibuike aged 35, Aneke Chidubem aged 30, Ozougwu Henry aged 29, Aneke Ugochukwu aged 31 and Nwali Ikechukwu aged 25.
Also on Sunday 29th May, 2022 at about 11pm, a combined team of Police Operatives drawn from Operation Restore Peace (ORP) and Enugu Metro Area Command, while on routine stop/search duty along Abakaliki Road Enugu, intercepted in a commercial bus and arrested one Obinna Owoh aged 22, of Ntezi in Ishielu LGA of Ebonyi State, while two of his cohorts escaped. Search conducted on him led to the recovery of two (2) locally made pistols with three (3) live cartridges.
The Enugu Police Command calls on the public to remain law-abiding, vigilant and continue to assist the Police with credible and timely information required to clamp down on unrepentant criminal elements in the State.
Report at the nearest Police Station or call the Enugu Command’s emergency hotlines on 08032003702, 08075390883 or 08086671202.
Alternatively, send e-mails to contact042ppro@gmail.com or use the “NPF Rescue App” to make such reports.
“Be rest assured that your identities and the reports shall be accorded utmost confidentiality and necessary action,” the PPRO writes.
All the suspects will be arraigned in court once investigations are concluded.
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