CHUKWUJEKWU ILOZUE, AWKA
Barely two days after Vigilante Group in Ogbaru arrested some informants of unknown gunmen beleaguered to be cessationists, the Police in Anambra State have arrested a man who is suspected to be supplying food to gunmen in their camps in various bushes in the state.
The man whose name was not revealed was also caught with three bags of garri, with gunpowder hidden in them.
The Police Public Relations Officer of Anambra State Police Command Tochukwu Ikenga, Superintendent of Police who revealed this in a press release said the man was arrested in Nanka in Aguata Local Government Area of the state.
According to Ikenga: “Preliminary information revealed that the suspect was en route to a criminal camp to deliver groceries for consumption and the gunpowder for production of Improvised Explosives Devices (IED), also known as local bombs for the gang.
“Police-led Joint Security Force while on intelligent-driven routine patrol along the pillar-pole area of Aguata on 22/9/2024, intercepted the suspect (name withheld).
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“He was carrying three bags of Garri. The operatives upon search of the suspect discovered beneath the edible, a large quantity of gunpowder.
“The suspect is currently in custody and assisting the police to arrest the other gang members.”
He added that the police in another development arrested one Nelson Wisdom in a criminal hideout in Oba, and a pistol and live bullets were recovered from him.
He said: “Operatives of the Special Anti-Cultism Squad (SPACS) acting on credible information stormed a criminal hideout in Oba Idemili South LGA in the early hours of today 25/9/2024 and arrested one Nelson Wisdom ‘M’ from Etsako East, Edo State and recovered one locally fabricated pistol with two live ammunition.
“The Commissioner of Police CP Nnaghe Obono Itam reiterates that the police command and other security agencies will continue to act on information to sustain the onslaught of operation to frustrate evil plans of the criminal elements in the state.”
He said the suspects will be charged in court when an investigation into the matters has been concluded.
