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Anambra Police Arrest Three Suspects, Recover Gun, Police Uniform

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The Anambra State Police Command has announced the arrest of three suspects, including 50-year-old Chidi Ekwesiri from Umunya, Oyi Local Government Area, for allegedly tormenting innocent residents of the state.

According to SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the spokesman for the state police command, the police recovered one automatic pump action gun and a police uniform from the suspects.

He said that the arrest was made by operatives of the Special Anti-Cultism Squad of the Nigerian Police Enugwu-Ukwu, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, in the early hours of Wednesday, December 18, 2024.

The suspects were apprehended while on surveillance patrol along the Onitsha-Enugu Expressway by UNIZIK Temp Site.

During interrogation, Chidi Ekwesiri claimed to be a Sergeant and a serving member of the Nigeria Police Force in Lagos, but later denied his earlier claim.

He also confessed that the gun was given to him by an unidentified man at Ukpo. Further information from the suspect led to the arrest of two other suspects, who are currently undergoing police interrogation.

“In the early hours of Wednesday, December 18, 2024, operatives of the Special Anti-Cultism Squad of the Nigerian Police Enugwu-Ukwu, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State arrested one Chidi Ekwesiri (M) aged 50 years from Umunya, Oyi LGA and two others.

“They also recovered one automatic pump action gun and a Police uniform from the suspects. The operatives spotted the suspect while on surveillance patrol along the Onitsha-Enugu Expressway by UNIZIK Temp Site.

“During interrogations, the suspect claimed to be a Sergeant and a serving member of the Nigeria Police Force in Lagos, but later denied his earlier claim.

“He also confessed that the gun was given to him by a yet to be identified man at Ukpo.

“Further information from the suspect led to the arrest of two other suspects who are currently undergoing Police interrogation.”

The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Nnaghe Itam, has directed the immediate transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Awka, for a comprehensive investigation.

The suspects will be charged to court on conclusion of the investigations.

Read also: Anambra Police Arrest Vigilante with Gun Hidden in Rice Bag

Jerome Kalu is currently the Senior Correspondent of PIJAlance in Lagos. He was previously the Campus Information Desk (CID) Editor.

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