A suspected Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) officer and two others have been arrested for alleged robbery in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra state.
The state police spokesperson SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in Awka on Sunday.
Ikenga said the latest arrest of three suspected armed robbers and cultists, and the recovery of arms, ammunition, and a stolen petrol tanker in separate operations in the ongoing crackdown against criminals in the state.”
According to him, the police arrested the suspects in their hideout in Ogidi.
He gave the names of the three suspects as Francis Anene, male, 46; Emmanuel Obi, male, 29; and Okoye Chinonso, male, 35; and an alleged serving member of a security agency.
Ikenga said items recovered from the suspects included two locally made Beretta pistols, four rounds of live 9mm ammunition and a suspected fake security agency identity card.
He said preliminary investigations indicated that the suspects were members of a criminal syndicate allegedly involved in armed robbery, kidnapping and terrorising residents of Ogidi and its environs.
Ikenga said the suspects were also being investigated for possible involvement in the murder of the late President-General of Ogidi.
He said in a separate operation, police personnel attached to the Ozubulu Police Division, in the early hours of March 17, recovered a suspected stolen white petrol tanker abandoned along the Onitsha/Owerri Expressway.
“The vehicle was found without a registration number and key in the ignition, reportedly abandoned by an unidentified individual,” Ikenga said.
He said the command had commenced investigation to trace the owner of the tanker and unravel the circumstances surrounding its abandonment.
He said investigations into both incidents were ongoing to establish the facts.
