By Titus Eleweke The Anambra State Police Command has arrested two suspects over an allegedly misleading video portraying peaceful farmers returning from their farms as armed men preparing to attack residents, raising concerns about the possible escalation of the lingering communal dispute involving Aguleri and Umuoba Anam. The video, which reportedly featured indigenes of the…
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a male suspect, identified as Chima Ofoeke, in connection with the suspected murder of 23-year-old Mmesoma Umeorini in Uga, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. The arrest followed a report by the victim’s mother to the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Umuchu Division that her daughter had…
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested 13 suspects in separate intelligence-led operations targeting alleged cultism, armed robbery and other violent crimes, recovering firearms, ammunition, charms, suspected illicit drugs, cult-related insignia and a stolen Toyota Highlander SUV. According to a statement issued by the Command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, on Tuesday, the arrests and recoveries…
The Anambra State Police Command has arraigned six suspects before the Gender-Based Violence Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, over separate allegations bordering on defilement, sexual assault, child abuse, assault and alleged unlawful procurement of abortion involving minors. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Command’s spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, on Thursday. According…
The Anambra State Police Command operatives attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Thursday arrested 25-year-old Olisa Oyelu, alias Obele. According to a statement issued by the spokesperson of the Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the suspect was the last identified member of the notorious armed robbery and kidnapping gang allegedly led by a…
