Enugu State Police operatives apprehended seven individuals involved in a series of thefts, particularly targeting laptops, handbags, and mobile phones in the bustling Holy Ghost suburb.
On Wednesday, Enugu’s police spokesperson, DSP Daniel Ndukwu, officially informed the press about these arrests.
These arrests occurred in the evening hours of Friday, October 27, 2023, when police officers from the Central Police Station (CPS) conducted an operation in the Holy Ghost railway area, Christ Chemist, Old Park, and the surrounding vicinity.
He gave the identities of the notorious criminal suspects as “Okonkwo Sunday (a.k.a. “Oga Sunny”), aged 35; Nwankwoala Tochukwu (a.k.a. “TC Boy”), aged 25; Ogbu Mmaduabuchi, aged 18; Miracle Chukwu, aged 20; Nwali Chinedu, aged 23; Ananchonam Chinecherem (a.k.a. “Razor”), aged 18; and Nwamini Junior (a.k.a. “Small”), aged 20, all of no known address.”
He said that the suspects who were all male, specialised in attacking and dispossessing innocent and unsuspecting citizens of their belongings.
“Exhibits recovered include nine (9) female handbags, two (2) wallets, two (2) wheel spanners, one (1) iron saw, one (1) serviceable Dell laptop, one (1) Zenith Bank ATM card bearing “Joy Akiji”, one (1) NIN registration slip, and other incriminating exhibits all snatched from the unsuspecting victims.”
The suspects, according to Ndukwe, had all confessed to the crime and have been arraigned in court and remanded in the Correctional Custodial Centre in the Enugu state metropolis
Meanwhile, the state police commissioner he said had commended and charged the operatives to maintain the tempo while enjoining the citizenry to remain supportive of the Police in their efforts to root out unrepentant criminals in the state.
