The Anambra State Police Command announced the arrest of one Chidi Ekwesiri, 50, of Umunya, Oyi Local Government Area, and two others for harassing innocent inhabitants of the state.
In a press statement issued Wednesday, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, spokesman for the state command, stated that the Force recovered one automatic pump-action rifle and a police uniform from the suspect.
Ikenga said, “In the early hours of Wednesday, December 18, 2024, operatives of the Special Anti-Cultism Squad of the Nigerian Police Enugwu-Ukwu, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, arrested one Chidi Ekwesiri (M) aged 50 years from Umunya, Oyi LGA, and two others.
“They also recovered one automatic pump-action gun and a police uniform from the suspects.
“The operatives spotted the suspect while on surveillance patrol along the Onitsha-Enugu Motorway by the UNIZIK Temp Site.
“During interrogations, the suspect claimed to be a sergeant and a serving member of the Nigeria Police Force in Lagos but later denied his earlier claim.
“He also confessed that the gun was given to him by a yet-to-be-identified man at Ukpo.
“Further information from the suspect led to the arrest of two other suspects who are currently undergoing police interrogation.”
Ikenga stated that the state’s Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Itam, has directed that the case be immediately transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Awka for a thorough investigation.
He stated that after the investigations are completed, the suspects would face charges in court.
