Category: CRIME

  By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has cracked a three-month-old murder case involving the death of a 33-year-old woman in Oraifite, Ekwusigo Local Government Area, with the arrest of two suspects allegedly linked to the gruesome crime. The breakthrough, according to the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, followed months…

  By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has commenced a statewide enforcement exercise against the use of unregistered vehicles and concealed, defaced or altered number plates, warning motorists to comply with extant laws or risk appropriate sanctions. The development was contained in a press statement issued on Tuesday by the Police Public…

  By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command said it had taken four suspects into custody over two separate incidents that have recently sparked a chain of reactions across the state, involving the alleged murder and secret burial of a young woman and the brutal abuse of a 10-year-old boy who reportedly sustained…

  By Izunna Okafor, Awka What could be best described as panic and confusion erupted at the ever-busy New Parts Market axis of Nkpor in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State on Saturday after a heavy-duty truck reportedly lost control and plunged from the Nkpor flyover onto the road below, leaving several people…

  Tension is mounting in Nanka community, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State, following the arrest of a high-ranking vigilante official over the alleged abduction and serial defilement of a 13-year-old schoolgirl. The suspect, Chimuche Onyeanuna, who serves as the Second-in-Command of the Nanka Vigilante Group, is currently being held in a secret…

By Izunna Okafor, Awka Another major building collapse has been recorded in Anambra State, this time involving a one-storey commercial building housing eight shops at Ikenga, Ogidi in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. The incident, which occurred on Saturday night during a heavy downpour, affected a structure located along the Onitsha–Awka–Enugu Expressway…

By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Government has intensified its campaign against alleged religious fraud as a High Court sitting in Awka on Friday ordered the remand of eight clerics accused of staging fake miracles with hired actors to deceive worshippers and obtain money under false pretences. The defendants, who were arraigned in separate…

  By Izunna Okafor, Awka No fewer than two police officers attached to the Anambra State Police Command were fatally wounded on Sunday night during a gun battle with yet-to-be-identified gunmen in the state. Reports have it that the gunmen launched an attack on the police vehicle, prompting them to respond immediately, during which a…