Sixteen notorious criminals terrorizing Enugu state and environs have been arrested by the Police in the state at different occasions. They were arrested for the offences of conspiracy, murder, armed robbery, unlawful possession of firearms, fraud and cultism. Six locally-made firearms with four live cartridges, sixteen .9mm live ammunition, two cutlasses and one axe were recovered.
Giving a breakdown of the arrests described as a ‘breakthrough in recent times,’ the Commissioner of Police, Ahmad Abdurrahman said that one Ezeugwu Osita,16, Abonyi Chigozie ,16, Ugwuanyi Stanley,16), and Isiani Ogechukwu,17, were arrested by Operatives of the Command following a report alleging that the suspects, armed with cutlasses and axe, gained entry into a house at Ibeku, Opi-Nsukka and robbed the occupants of the sum of N22, 000.00.
“One axe, two cutlasses and a small bag containing some items suspected to be charms were recovered. The suspects confessed to the crime and identified one Eneh Cyril, 55, who was subsequently arrested, as the native doctor responsible for arming them with charms they use in perpetrating crimes |>>>ENUGU
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