Police Operatives attached to the Ekwulobia Divisional Police Station has arrested Mr. Nnamdi Anyaji, aged 49 years of Amudo Village, Ekwulobia who attempted to take his own life after killing his mother Mrs Dorathy Anyaji of the same address aged 68 years.
Angel Network News (ANN) reports that
the Operatives also recovered one Axe at the scene.
According to SP Tochukwu Ikenga,
Police Public Relations Officer
Anambra State Command, preliminary information reveals that the squabble started when the suspect accused the deceased of being dishonest about the money realised from a cassava business.
“The suspect is in custody and under close monitoring so as not to commit suicide and would be charged to court after the investigation.
Also, Police Operatives attached to the Special Anti-Cultism Squad Enugu-Ukwu in the early hours of the same date acting on credible information raided a criminal drugs camp at Umuokpala Village in Orumba North LGA, arrested 12 suspects selling and taking hard drugs, recovered some sizeable quantity of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp, illicit drugs and other implicating items.
The suspects are: Ifeanyi Bernard, Emmanuel Ugwu, Thankgod Kelechi, Umeh Chidera, Aguiyi Onyeka, Onyeka Martin, Festus Ihezie, Chibundu Nicholas, Solomon Obiefule, Chibundu Daniel, Neke Shedrack and Nwazufu Kingsley all males and within the age bracket of 20 – 29 years.
They have been handed over to Operatives of Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for necessary action.
