By Izunna Okafor, Awka The ongoing crackdown on illegal revenue collection in Anambra State has recorded another significant milestone, as the Special Anti-Toutism Squad Agency (SASA) successfully apprehended, arraigned, and secured the remand of three suspected touts accused of extorting money from traders and commercial operators in parts of the state. The suspects, identified…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has recorded another major operational breakthrough in Ogidi, leading to the recovery of additional arms and the arrest of a suspected ringleader linked to a criminal syndicate operating within the area. This is coming barely three days after the state’s security operatives recovered a single-barrel…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The operatives of the Anambra State Homeland Security Outfit, popularly known as Agụnechemba/Udo Ga-Achị have busted a notorious brothel being used for illegal activities in the state, arresting many commercial sex workers and other suspects, as well as recovering cache of illicit drugs and gun, among other exhibits. The raid and…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Operatives of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) of the Anambra State Police Command have uncovered a case of murder in Amichi, Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state, leading to the arrest a 35-year-old suspect, Chukwudalu Ezeani. The suspect was nabbed over the alleged killing of his 52-year-old cousin,…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has arraigned two young men before a High Court sitting in Onitsha over the alleged murder of a businessman, Mr. Ikechukwu Simon Nwite, and the theft of millions of naira belonging to the deceased. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga,…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, has visited the scene of the recent fire outbreak at the Plumbing Materials Market, Headbridge, Onitsha, where he commiserated with traders who suffered losses and assured them of the Command’s support as investigations continue into the cause of the incident. The…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has uncovered a case of self-kidnapping involving an 18-year-old girl who allegedly conspired with her boyfriend and others to extort millions of naira from her parents, in what could be described as one of several major breakthroughs recorded by the Command in ongoing investigations across…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has pledged full investigation and vowed to ensure justice over the case of some police officers who allegedly extorted the sum of N200,000 from a drink seller around the ever-busy Upper Iweka axis of Onitsha, further assuring the public that the Command will not shield any…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka A Catholic priest, Angelo Chidi Unegbu, has expressed his views following the recent demolition and burning of the shrine belonging to convicted Anambra native doctor, Chidozie Nwangwu, popularly known as Akwa Ọkụkọ Tiwara Akị. Recall that the Oba-born celebrity native doctor, Akwa Ọkụkọ was convicted on Friday, with destruction of…
