By Ovat Abeng
Police Operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad/Anti-Kidnapping unit acting on credible information on 25th April 2025 busted a criminal Camp at Ukpor in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State.
During the operation, the operatives arrested one Ewulu Chikwo ‘m’ aged 35 years from Osumoghu Isieke Village, Ihiala Local Government Area of the State.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga who disclosed the arrest in a statement in Awka on Tuesday, said the suspect and his gang members were allegedly planning to enforce illegal Sit-At-Home in the area the following Monday.
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According to Ikenga, during the interrogation of the suspect, he confessed to being a member of the Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and also among the armed criminals that attacked the Ukpor Divisional Police Headquarters in the year 2022 where a Policewoman, Inspector Stella Maris was gruesomely murdered.
Given the above, the Joint Security Force has intensified patrols in the area, even as the State Police Command has equally assured of swift action on any security information, especially as it affects the arrest of other gang members in the area.