By Izunna Okafor, Awka No fewer than twelve suspects have been arraigned before a Gender Magistrate Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, over various alleged offences ranging from defilement, child abuse and abduction to assault and rape, which also resulted in one of the victims being impregnated through illegal means. The suspects were arraigned…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka A five-month-old baby has reportedly died after his father was allegedly arrested and detained by environmental sanitation enforcement officials while rushing to seek emergency medical help during Anambra State’s monthly sanitation exercise. The incident, which reportedly occurred at Otuocha, the headquarters of Anambra East Local Government Area, has triggered a…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police’s Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) attached to the Anambra State Police Command have recovered two AK-47 rifle magazines, 60 rounds of live ammunition and other police-related items during a raid on a suspected cultists’ hideout in Awada, Idemili North Local Government Area of the…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has dismissed as false a viral security alert claiming that a military helicopter dropped unidentified items in a bush located between Nimo in Njikoka, and Adazi-Nnukwu in Anaocha Local Government Areas of the state. The clarification was contained in a press statement issued by the…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has intensified efforts to strengthen security operations across the South-East geopolitical zone with a renewed emphasis on intelligence-led policing, technological innovation and stronger collaboration among security stakeholders. This formed the focus of an operational tour to Anambra State on Tuesday, where the…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Barely seven years after, justice has finally caught up with a commercial tricycle operator in Anambra State as a High Court sitting in the state sentenced him to death by hanging for his role and involvement in the killing of a passenger during a failed robbery operation. The convict, Makuachukwu…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old suspect allegedly linked to the abduction and rape of a young woman in Awka, the Anambra State capital, and also recovered a locally-fabricated pistol and live ammunition from him. The suspect, identified as Okechukwu Chinweko, popularly known as “Bullet,” was arrested…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Actions and reactions have continued to trail the cruelty of two ladies who were seen in a viral video brutally assaulting a teenage girl in Umueri, Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State. The incident, which reportedly happened in recent days, has drawn intense public condemnation following the surfacing of…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has recorded a major breakthrough in its ongoing crackdown on violent crime, with the arrest of a suspected notorious cultist and kidnapper who confessed to multiple killings and abductions within the state. This was made known in a press statement issued on Wednesday by the…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka No fewer than six persons have been reported de@d in another avoidable road traffic crash that happened in Anambra State. The aççident, which involved a fully-loaded tricycle (Keke Napep) and a commercial Sienna bus with, happened at over the weekend, near the Goodness and Mercy Motor Park, Onitsha, along the…
