Anambra Police Command, Public Relation Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, has been honoured by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun. At the awards ceremony in Abuja on 4th June 2025, the Anambra State Police Command Public Relation Officer acknowledged that the award is not a trophy because it was never a lone effort…
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested two suspects in connection with the kidnapping and brutal murder of a female bank manager in Onitsha, after the collection of a ₦14 million ransom from her family. The arrests were made on May 28, 2025, as part of the Command’s renewed commitment to thoroughly pursue criminal…
Anambra State Police at alert ahead May 30th sit at home Ahead of the May 30 2025 sit-at-home order declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the Anambra State Police Command has announced that the Joint Security Forces have intensified patrols across strategic locations to forestall any possible breakdown of law and order. The…
The family of Mr. Lubem Ordoo Ayagwa, a licensed private security guard, has filed a formal petition to the Anambra State Commissioner of Police, demanding justice over the alleged torture and death of their son while in the custody of the notorious Rapid Response Squad (RRS) based at Awkuzu Police Command. The petition was…
A joint security team comprising police officers from Oba Divisional Police Headquarters and Anambra Vigilante Operatives has arrested six suspects accused of hiring sick individuals to beg for alms in Oba. The suspects, aged between 27 and 38 years, were apprehended on April 16, 2025, at an uncompleted building in Isu village. The arrested…
Seven months to the conduct of the November 8th gubernatorial election in Anambra state the Police Commissioner Ikioye Orutugu has tasked the Hausa Fulani Community in the area against thuggery during the exercise. Similarly the Chairman of the Northern Traditional Council and Seriki of Northern Community Alhaji Garba Haruna Mohamed has assured both the…
The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, has assured the Muslim faithful in the state of adequate security during the Eid al-Fitr festival. The police commissioner provided this assurance on Friday while briefing journalists about the activities of the command in its fight against crime over the past two weeks. According to Orutugu,…
The Anambra Police Command has rescued three kidnap victims along Owerri – Onitsha road and arrested two suspected cultists and armed robbers at Abakaliki street in Awka Capital City. According to the release by the Police Public Relations Officer SP. Tochukwu Ikenga; “The Joint Security Team in coordinated operations today 22nd March 2025 by 7:20am…
Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have recorded another feat, as they recovered a full bag of new guns reportedly imported into the state in preparation for the enforcement May 30 sit-at-home declared by a group in the State. According to a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday by the Police Public Relations…
The Anambra State Police Command has declared one of its officers, Inspector Audu Omadefu wanted over suspected murder. DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, Police Public Relation Officer, disclosed this in a press statement made available to EkweAnaedo on Tuesday, February 6. According to him, the police officer, with the AP No. 362178, has turned to a fugitive…
