CP Mustapha Dandaura Anambra
Police
CP Mustapha Dandaura Anambra
Police
Again, Police Nab Armed Robbers, Phone Snatchers in
Anambra
On the 17/5/2019 at about 6:30pm,there was a distress call at
Ogidi Police Station that a man was abducted and taken to the bush
at Ilongwodo Ogidi in Idemili North LGA of Anambra State.
Following the report, Police operatives attached to Ogidi
Division and “operation Puff Adder” responded swiftly and rushed to
the bush.On sighting the police the hoodlums opened fire and the
Teams responded thereby forcing the miscreants to jettison their
mission and scampered for safety leaving behind the victim.
Meanwhile, One Arinze Okorie ‘m’ aged 28 years of Inyienu Ogidi
was arrested and two machetes recovered from him.
Preliminary investigation revealed that Suspects lured the
victim One Chimieze Abordike ‘m’ aged 28years of Ogbuinike in Oyi
LGA through facebook and robbed him at gun point of his money cash
sum of #5000, phone and ATM card where another sum of #51,000 was
withdrawn from his account while in captivity. Case under
investigation and effort is ongoing to apprehend other fleeing
accomplices in order to bring them to Justice.It would be recalled
that similar incident took place on the 3/5/2019 where one Emerole
Ikechukwu ‘m’ of irete village, Owerri was equally lured by a
female facebook friend at the same town and was robbed of his money
and other valuables at gunpoint using similar modus.
Consequently, On the 17/5/2019 at about 2:20pm,while on routine
Stop and search Operations along Abatete road at Ogidi,Police
Patrol team attached to Ogidi Division intercepted and arrested one
Uche Ogbu and Chinecherem Nweke all ‘m’ and aged 19 years
respectively.
Suspects specializes in snatching handbags/handsets from their
victims using a motorcycle.Exhibits recovered from them include a
handset they just robbed from One Nwokolo Mmesoma ‘f’, a student of
Notre-Dame high School Abatete.Case under investigation after which
suspects would be charged to Court for prosecution.
Finally, the Public are enjoined to be weary of strangers and
dubious facebook friends in order not to fall victims of similar
ugly incidents please.
In another development, on 18/5/2019 at about 11:30am, Police
operatives attached to the Command Special Anti Robbery Squad
(SARS) tracked and arrested in a criminal hideout at Obosi, Idemili
North LGA of Anambra State one Chinedu Ani ‘m’ aged 28 years of
Nkana East LGA of Enugu State.
Suspect along with other accomplices presently at large had on
the 10/3/2019 at about 8:15pm attacked one DSP Tochukwu Ogalagu ‘m’
attached to 32 PMF at idodo village along Enugu /Abakaliki
Expressway and collected his service Barreta pistol with breech
number AO8185Z. Upon interrogation, Suspect led Operatives to
Ezeama village at Nkana East LGA of Enugu State where the said
Barreta pistol was recovered.Case under investigation and effort is
ongoing to apprehend other fleeing accomplices in order to bring
them to Justice.
Consequently, On the 17/5/2019 at about 10:50pm,following
intelligence report from Owerri in Imo State that gunmen Suspected
to be armed robbers attacked one Bright Okoroizu ‘m’ of No. 54
Okporo road, Rumuodara, Porthacourt Rivers State at ATM point along
Portharcourt road Owerri and snatched his Navy blue MG Saloon Car
model 2013 with Registration number FK 178 DU belonging to
Coscharis company and headed towards Onitsha in Anambra State.
Following the distress call, Patrol teams attached to Awada
Division and “operation Puff Adder” were alerted who swiftly
mobilized and intercepted the car along Ezeiweka road, Onitsha.
One suspect namely Prince Ezedike ‘m’ aged 33 years of NO. 5
Market Mgbirichi owerri,Imo State was arrested and the vehicle
recovered in his possession. Case under investigation and effort is
ongoing to apprehend other fleeing accomplices in order to bring
them to Justice.
SP Haruna Mohammed PPRO Anambra State Police Command,
For Commissioner of Police Anambra State Command.