UNDERGRADUATE ARRESTED FOR ARMED ROBBERY
The police said Ekani was arrested alongside a 26-year-old man, Richard Ikenna, who had been on the police wanted list for armed robbery.
The state Commissioner of Police, Dasuki Galadanchi, said both robbery suspects were members of the Vikings Confraternity.
Galadanchi said, āDuring the arrest, Richard Ikenna, who had been on the wanted list of the command for armed robbery and murder, sustained gunshot injuries on his right leg.
āOne of their victims, Paul Anyanwu, 37, who narrowly escaped death after being robbed by the gang, has identified them.
āThey were arrested at a hotel along Works Layout in Owerri.
āOne locally-made pistol, a double-barrelled pistol with three unexpended and one expended cartridges were recovered.
āThe suspects are Richard Ikenna from Owerri Municipal and Simon Ekani, from Rivers State.ā
The commissioner of police said the suspects would be arraigned in court as soon as investigation was concluded.
āOur strategy is community policing. It is working for us because it involves everybody.
āAs the festive period approaches, we have initiated new methods ofĀ nipping in the bud crimes and their perpetrators,ā he added.
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