The Anambra State Police Command has arrested two kidnapping suspects, including a woman, in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of the state. The police also recovered ammunition, including two AK47 rifles and two empty AK47 magazines, seven single-barrelled dane guns and 28 pieces of live cartridges. This was disclosed by the state police spokesman, Superintendent Tochukwu Ikenga, in a …

The Police Command in Anambra has commended residents for resisting the Monday sit-at-home order orchestrated by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra in the South East. In a statement released on Wednesday in Awka, the command’s Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Tochukwu Ikenga, lauded the people’s resilience. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the illegal sit-at-home has severely disrupted socioeconomic …

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested nine suspects linked to the gruesome killing of Justice Azuka, the lawmaker representing Onitsha North 1 Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly. Azuka was kidnapped on 24 December 2024, along Ugwunaobankpa Road in Inland Town, Onitsha, while returning home for Christmas. His decomposing body was discovered by the roadside near the …

The Anambra State Police Command says it has launched a manhunt for yet-to-be-identified gunmen who killed two police officers in the Nnewi North Local Government Area of the state on Thursday. PUNCH Online reported on Thursday that two police operatives were killed by unidentified gunmen in Uruagu, a community in the Nnewi North Local Government Area. The tragic incident occurred …

The Anambra State Police Command said it intercepted a kidnap gang on Friday and rescued four men already abducted by the “dare-devil kidnappers”. In a press statement on Saturday, the state police spokesman, Deputy Superintendent Tochukwu Ikenga said that the kidnappers were taking the victims to an unknown destination before they were intercepted. Ikenga said the police operatives, while on …

The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Aderemi Adeoye said that the command has arrested about 30 suspects, including kidnappers, armed robbers, cultists and hoodlums who have been terrorising the state in recent times. Adeoye made this known at a press briefing at the police headquarters in Awka, on Monday, while parading some of the suspects and recovered items, adding that …

The Anambra State Police Command said it has rescued four children of the same family kidnapped by suspected herdsmen. This was disclosed in a press statement on Saturday by the command’s spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga. Ikenga said, “On 15 December 2023, at about 23:00, the police at Abagana received information via the police hotline that suspected herdsmen had abducted four children …

Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Aderemi Adeoye has rewarded Inspector Charity Oyor with N250,000 for rejecting a bribe from a suspect. This was contained in a statement on Friday by the spokesman of the Anambra Police Command Tochukwu Ikenga who said Inspector Charity serves at the Main Market Division, Onitsha. According to him, the female officer had rejected a …

The Anambra State Police Command has rescued nine girls, aged between 15 and 25 years, being used as sex slaves in a hotel in Awka and arrested the proprietor of the hotel. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent Tochukwu Ikenga said the action of the police followed information received from Anambra State Ministry of Women and Social Welfare …

The Police Command in Anambra State has refuted reports of the killing of some United States citizens in the state. In a statement on Tuesday in Onitsha, Anambra State, the command spokesman, Deputy Superintendent Tochukwu Ikenga said that no U.S. citizen was in the convoy attacked by gunmen on Tuesday. The gunmen opened fire on the convoy of staff of …