Hyacinth Chinweuba/Ginika Richard Izuora
The police in Anambra State, following intelligence report have stormed a criminal hideout in Oba, arresting one Chinedu Nwokwu ‘male’ aged 20 years, Chukwudi Ezebilo ‘male’ aged 27 years, Nwafor Uba ‘male’ aged 24 years and Ugochukwu Ekechi ‘male’ aged 21 years old respectively.
Haruna Mohammed spokesman of the Command stated that the suspects allegedly robbed one Adaobi Obuegbe of her tricycle at Okpoko.
Exhibits recovered from the suspects include, the robbed tricycle, one locally made double barrel pistol, one locally made revolver pistol, two rounds of .9mm ammunition, two rounds of expended .9mm ammunition, three cartridges and two expended cartridges and the case is under investigation after which suspects would be charged to court for prosecution.
In another development, operatives of the Command, also arrests a suspected fraudsters/scammers.
According to the Command’s spokesperson SP Haruna Mohammed “On the 18/12/2019 at about 2:40pm, following intelligence report, Police detectives attached to Awada Division arrested at Upper Iweka, Onitsha two suspected fraudsters namely Ikechukwu Ogbona ‘male’ aged 56yrs of Asaba, Delta State and Ndubuisi Nwobodo ‘male’ aged 46years of Nkpor-Agu Village, Nkpor in Idemili North LGA of Anambra State”
Mohammed stated that the Suspects allegedly hoodwinked one Okeke Chinemerem ‘male’ aged 17yrs of Abajuo Street, Awada into believing that they were foreign business men desirous of converting their hard currency into Naira. In the process, the victim was swindled of the sum of sixty-five thousand naira (#65,000) cash.
“Meanwhile, suspects have since confessed to the crime and investigation is in progress after which they will be charged to court for prosecution” Mohammed concluded.