The Enugu State Police Command has apprehended seven notorious criminal suspects with a history of operating within the Holy Ghost area of the Enugu metropolis.
During a police raid, authorities recovered nine women’s handbags, two wallets, two wrenches, one hacksaw, a functioning Dell laptop, a Zenith Bank ATM card under the name “Joy Akiji,” a National Identification Number (NIN) registration slip, and other incriminating evidence, all of which had been stolen from victims.
The news of these arrests was disclosed in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, in Enugu on Wednesday.
Ndukwe explained that these arrests were the result of a raid carried out in the Holy Ghost area of the Enugu metropolis under the orders of the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Kanayo Uzuegbu, on the evening of Friday, October 27, 2023.
“Police operatives raided Holy Ghost railway axis, Christ Chemist, Old Park and environs, arresting seven male suspects notorious for attacking and dispossessing innocent and unsuspecting citizens of their belongings.
“The suspects included: Okonkwo Sunday, 35, (a.k.a. Oga Sunny); Nwankwoala Tochukwu, 25, (a.k.a. TC Boy); Ogbu Mmaduabuchi, 18; Miracle Chukwu, 20; Nwali Chinedu, 23; Ananchonam Chinecherem, 18, (a.k.a. Razor) and Junior Nwamini, 20, (a.k.a. Small), all of no known addresses.
“The suspects all confessed to the crime and have been arraigned in court and remanded in the Correctional Custodial Centre,” he said.
