By Izunna Okafor, Awka A combined team of security operatives in Anambra State has demobilized a suspected gunman during a fierce gun battle in the state, while also rescuing a kidnap victim from the hands of the abductors. The incident, according to a press statement by the State’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have recovered two stolen vehicles—one in Obosi and the other in Asaba—barely hours after receiving actionable intelligence on their whereabouts. Confirming the development in a statement issued on Saturday, July 12, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga,…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has recovered yet another abandoned AK-47 rifle — this time, from the roof of a residential apartment under renovation in Ihuowele Ngo Village, Igbo-ukwu, Aguata Local Government Area of the state. The discovery, which occurred around 12:30pm on Thursday, July 11, was made possible through…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Barely two days after Tochi Martins Attah, a 300-level student of the Department of Microbiology at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, slumped and died while playing football; the institution has been thrown into mourning aging, following the death of another promising student. The deceased, Miss Chioma Ajana Isabella, a 100-level…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka In a follow-up to the recent attacks in Ekwulobia and Oko, the Anambra State Police Command has announced the recovery of another AK-47 rifle, further intensifying its clampdown on criminal elements threatening peace in the state. According to security update provided on Thursday by the Police Public Relations Officer of…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka At least three persons have been confirmed dead and several weapons recovered, following multiple coordinated gunmen attacks that rocked parts of Aguata and Orumba North Local Government Areas of Anambra State in the early hours of Wednesday. The incidents, which occurred around the new Ekwulobia flyover and the Oko Divisional…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Grief has enveloped the university community of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, following the sudden death of a promising young student who reportedly slumped and died while playing football in the school. The deceased, identified as Tochi Martins Attah, popularly known as “T-funds,” was a 300-level student of the…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has arrested one of the notorious suspects linked to the gruesome attack at Total and Tipper Junctions in Oko, Orumba North Local Government Area, which resulted in multiple deaths and abductions. The suspect, identified as 25-year-old Chukwujekwu Micheal Okoye, popularly known as Bus-Stop, was apprehended…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has announced decisive security measures aimed at averting cult-related violence and maintaining law and order across the state, particularly in student-dominated areas. This followed intelligence reports indicating plans by the Neo-Black Movement of Africa to stage cult initiations and supremacy battles, which could lead to…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Barely one week after a viral video surfaced online showing operatives of the Anambra State Anti-Touting Squad (SASA, popularly known as Ndị Akaodo) brutalizing some men with pestles, the agency has again come under fire as its operatives reportedly launched another destructive attack in Obosi, Idemili North Local Government Area…
