Fifteen criminal suspects were on Tuesday paraded by the Enugu State Police Command after their arrested in different parts of the state for various criminal offences between May and June, 2023.<\/p>\n
Spokesman of the Command, DSP Daniel Ndukwe said the suspects were arrested for offences bordering on conspiracy, murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, rape, unlawful possession of firearms and fraud.<\/p>\n
Ndukwe\u00a0commended law-abiding residents for assisting the police with relevant information that led to the arrests.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese operational breakthroughs recorded by the Command is in pursuant of the policing strategies devised to curtail the activities of criminal elements in the State.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese arrests also led to the rescue of seven kidnapped victims.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe recovered seven firearms, two vehicles, one motorcycle, one dagger, N701,000 \u00a0cash and other incriminating exhibits, in the separate operations carried out by police operatives with support from other security forces and law-abiding citizens,\u201d\u00a0Ndukwe said.<\/p>\n
He said that operatives of Anti-Cultism Squad on June 26 at about\u00a02am, acting on a tip-off, raided a hotel (name withheld) along Enugu\/Port-Harcourt Expressway and arrested Ali Jubril, 25.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe suspect is reasonably suspected to be a member of a kidnapping gang, while N701,000 cash which he could not give a satisfactorily account of and one dagger, were recovered from him.<\/p>\n
\u201cFurther discreet investigation is ongoing at the Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the Command on the matter,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He noted that similarly, police operatives serving in Igbo-Eze North Division, with active assistance from Forest Guard and Neighbourhood Watch Group, on June 25 at about 1pm, rescued four kidnapped victims.<\/p>\n
According to him, they were rescued after an intense gun fight with the kidnappers in a forest at Aishi-Ette community in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area.<\/p>\n
\u201cActing on a tip-off, police operatives serving in Adani Police Division, in a joint operation with troops of the Nigerian Army, Forest Guards and Neighbourhood Watch Group, on June 25 at about 6pm, rescued a woman and her child.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe duo are alleged to have been kidnapped at Ngene-Ukwu, along Adani-Opanda Road. The joint security team is still on the trail of the suspected kidnappers.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlso, on June 18, police operatives serving in Abakaliki Road Division, acting on credible information, busted a one chance armed robbery, abduction, rape and fraud syndicate, and arrested some suspects: These and other operational successes were recorded,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Ndukwe said that the suspects would be arraigned in court and prosecuted accordingly once investigations into the various cases were concluded.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo this end, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Ahmed Ammani, commended police operatives and all who supported them to actualise these operational feats.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe commissioner also reiterated the commitment of the Command to continue to protect the lives and properties of citizens, as well as maintain maximum public security and safety in the state,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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