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The Anambra State Police Command says it has arrested a suspect after raiding a criminal hideout in Ukpor, the Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state.
In a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday, the spokesman for the state police command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said police operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad/Anti-Kidnapping Unit, acting on credible information, carried out the operation on Friday.
Ikenga said the arrested suspect, named Ewulu Chikwo, aged 35 years from Osumoghu Isieke Village in Ihiala LGA, and his gang members were allegedly planning to enforce a sit-at-home in the area the following Monday when their camp was raided.
He added that the suspect was among the armed criminals who attacked the Ukpor Divisional Police Headquarters in 2022, where a policewoman, Inspector Stella Maris, was gruesomely murdered.
Ikenga said, “Police operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad/Anti-Kidnapping Unit, acting on credible information on April 25, busted a criminal camp at Ukpor.
“They arrested one Ewulu Chikwo ‘m’ aged 35 years from Osumoghu Isieke Village, Ihiala LGA. The suspect and his gang members were allegedly planning to enforce an illegal sit-at-home in the area the following Monday.
“During the interrogation of the suspect, he confessed to being a member of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra and also among the armed criminals that attacked the Ukpor Divisional Police Headquarters in the year 2022, where a policewoman, Inspector Stella Maris, was gruesomely murdered.
“Given the above, the Joint Security Force has intensified patrols in the area. even as the State Police Command has equally assured of swift action on any security information, especially as it affects the arrest of other gang members in the area.”
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