Security
RESIDENTS of Aba metropolis can now breathe a sigh of relief from the insecurity ravaging their environment. The Abia State Police Command has arrested of six members of a notorious armed robbers terrorising the city and its environs.
Ene Okon, State commissioner of police, confirmed that the robbers were arrested by a team of detectives attached to the Ndiegoro Police Division in Aba led by Alphonsus Ayang, its divisional police officer.
Lauding Ayang and his men for job well done, Okon said the suspects would be handover to the department responsible for investigating the matter further.
“We are still investigating because we have to do that to know the culpability of the suspects. The team has done a beautiful work and what is remaining now is to hand it over to the body that can finish the work like the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, that can investigate robbery cases,” he said.
The Nation newspaper, however, reported that the suspects were arrested in two different locations within Ndiegoro and Ogbor-Hill axis and listed the names of the suspects as Ikenna Hezie of No 5B Onyere street Aba, Okam Ude (18) of Iheorji avenue Aba, Johnson Daniel Kalu (21) of Railway Street Aba, Edet Kufre (27) of No 15B Ikemba street, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State
Arms and live ammunition were equally recovered from the suspects.
It stated that Hezie was arrested with one locally made pistol with two live cartridges; Ude was arrested also with one locally made pistol and two live cartridges, adding that Kalu was arrested with one locally made pistol with four rounds of live ammunition, and Kufre had two locally made pistols and five rounds of 9 MM live ammunition.
“On Feb. 17, at about 14:55, through information from their partners in crime, Chinonso Onyema (22) of No 56 Federal School road Aba and Chinedu Ezerioha (31) aka Tata of No 11, Emenike street, Aba were arrested,” it said.
it reported that one locally made pistol was recovered from the spot where Onyema was arrested.
According to the police source, some of the suspects also admitted ownership of the recovered weapons hence their cases will be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Umuahia. – with reports from The Nation
– Feb 20, 2020 @ 16:35 GMT |
Tags: Six armed robbers terrorising Aba in Police net
