The Police in Anambra State have arrested a suspect for allegedly supplying arms and ammunition to criminals to facilitate their criminal activities in the state.
 
Commenting on the development yesterday, spokesperson for Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the male suspect, Friday Emenike Alias Ekpo, who hails from Izzi Local Council of Ebonyi State was arrested in Awka, for supplying guns/weapons to criminals for their illegal activities.
 
Tochukwu said that the operatives also rescued two female victims who were allegedly abused sexually. He said: “Police operatives from the Anambra State Police Command have arrested one Friday Emenike Alias Ekoo ‘m’, 42, from Izzi Local Government Area (LGA) of Ebonyi State, who allegedly lends guns/weapons to criminals for their illegal operations, especially within Awka and it’s environs.
 
“The operatives also rescued two female victims who the suspects have allegedly forcibly abused sexually. 
 
“During further interrogations, the suspects confessed that they rented guns/weapons from one Ekpo. This prompted the operatives to act swiftly and arrest Ekpo.  “The case will be charged to court on the conclusion of the investigations.”
 
On December 7, police operatives attached to the Anti-Cultism Squad Enugu Ukwu, acting on credible information raided an identified black spot in Umunaga village, Awka South LGA.
 
They arrested one Okechukwu Chinwuko ‘m’, 27, from Umunaga village and Ezenwa Chinedu, ‘m’, 22, from Umuneri village, and recovered one Pump action gun, three live cartridges, cutlass, criminal charms, and substances suspected to be hard drugs.