POLICE NAB SIX FOR ARMED ROBBERY, VANDALISM IN ANAMBRA
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By: Motunrayo Aniwura
The Anambra State Police Command has apprehended at least six individuals involved in armed robbery, vandalism, and instilling fear in communities within the Anambra South Senatorial District.
In a statement released on Wednesday, the command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, revealed that the arrests followed a series of joint operations conducted by a combined team of police officers and local vigilante groups across all three senatorial zones in the state.
Ikenga noted that during the operations, authorities recovered various quantities of vandalised cable wires and dangerous weapons, including a pistol. He added that similar security operations are still ongoing across the senatorial districts.
He said, “The police operatives have recorded breakthroughs in the Anambra South Senatorial district with the arrest of six suspects for armed robbery and vandalism. The police recovered an English pistol and vandalised electric cables from the suspects.
“The joint security team comprising the police and operatives of the Anambra State Vigilante carried out the exercise and will continue with their security dominance operations in the three senatorial districts of the state.
“Following this, the security team has sustained its security offensive in the area, with the aim of maintaining law and order across the state.
“The command has also declared a manhunt for a notorious cultist and gunrunner known as ‘Kiss me’. They have also recovered one English pistol and vandalised electric cables in separate operations in the area.”
Breaking down the exercise, Ikenga said on May 19, in a separate operation by the police operatives, two suspects were arrested at Ifite village, Oko and one English Beretta pistol was recovered.
“In the evening of May 19, 2025, two suspects, namely: Anagor Chinedu ‘M’ aged 25 years and Anagor Rapuluchukwu ‘M’ aged 23 years, were arrested at Ifite village, Oko and one English Beretta pistol was recovered.
“The suspects confessed to being members of beggars’ confraternity and mentioned their Armourer as ‘kiss me’. Meanwhile, the operatives have launched a manhunt operation aimed at dislodging the criminal group,” he added.
He added that in another development, the police operatives responded swiftly to a distress call of some miscreants sighted vandalising electrical wires at the permanent site of the Federal Polytechnic Oko and arrested four suspects: one Chukwuka Usulor, Chukwuemeka Michael, Ikenna Oke and Ebuka Okeke.
“The operatives recovered some assorted quantities of cable wires. The Command remains committed in denying the criminals the space to commit havoc,” he added.
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