Enugu – Police Operatives serving in New Haven Police Division of Enugu State Command on 06/05/2023 at about 1.30am, recovered a locally fabricated cut-to-size gun loaded with one (1) live cartridge, abandoned by escaping armed robbery suspects at New Artisan, Enugu. The recovery was due to the Operatives, with assistance from the Neighborhood Watch Group, swiftly responding to credible information that the criminal elements were sighted in the area.
- In a different development, Police Operatives serving in Abakpa Division, while also working with personnel of the Neighborhood Watch Group, on 30/04/2023 at about 4am, arrested three (3) male suspects namely: one Chidera Eze aged 25, Ifesi Agbo aged 23 and Arinze Akoma aged 20, while they were vandalizing the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) Transformer, at Church Road Housing Estate, Abakpa-Nike, Enugu.
- The suspects, who are specialized in vandalizing Transformers and other public assets, confessed to the crime, while the tricycle they used for operation, robber hand gloves, spanners, adjustable wrenches and other workshop tools were recovered from them.
- The case is undergoing further discreet investigation at the State CID, Enugu and will be charged to court upon conclusion of the investigation.
DSP DANIEL NDUKWE, Anipr
Police Public Relations Officer,
Enugu State Command,
State Headquarters,
G.R.A., Enugu.
07/05/2023.
