Police Operatives attached to Abagana division on Saturday arrested two serial offenders wanted on a case of alleged rape and armed robbery, recover two locally made double barrel guns, one locally made single barrel gun, six live cartridges, and one Q link motorcycle.
According to SP Tochukwu Ikenga,
Police Public Relations Officer,
Anambra State Command, the suspects are Chukwuma Diji AKA Sympathy aged 35 years of Obinagu Umudun Village, Abagana, and Micheal Edochie AKA Mikel aged 31years of Eziabunabu Umudun, Abagana sometime last year 2023, allegedly raped married woman at Obinagu Abagana and fled the Community when Security Operatives attempted to arrest them.
Also, the suspects broke into an apartment belonging to a young lady and raped her and her friend at gunpoint. The criminals later forced one of the victims to transfer money to his account after they took turns of sex with them. Chukwuma and Micheal both confessed to the crime.
The Commissioner of Police Anambra State Police Command, CP Nnaghe Itam has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department for a Comprehensive look to get justice for the victims of the alleged crime.
The suspects are to be arraigned in court after the investigation is concluded_
