… Operatives implement measures to arrest other fleeing suspects
The Anambra State Police Command has recovered one automatic pump action and has five suspects in custody.
Angel Network News (ANN) gathered that
the suspects are currently undergoing interrogation over the murder of two persons and grievous harm to another in an alleged land dispute at Okochi – Ime Village, Okpuno, Awka South Local Government Area.
According to a press release by SP. Tochukwu Ikenga, Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra State Command, the armed suspects with pump action guns and operating in an unmarked black Toyota Corolla car attacked the victims and fled the scene.
The bodies of the victims have been recovered and deposited at the morgue while the other is in the hospital receiving treatment.
Reacting, Anambra Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu has ordered the immediate transfer of the Case to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Awka for a comprehensive investigation. He has further directed the emplacement of necessary measures to arrest other fleeing suspects.
In another development, Police Operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) acting on credible information of an arrested kidnap suspect, Mr. Ebuka Orizu, aged 26 years currently in custody, led to the recovery of one locally made beretta pistol, eleven live cartridges and two laptops in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area.
Further information revealed that the suspect is a member of a criminal gang operating in Oraifite and its environs. Meanwhile, efforts are already emplaced to arrest other gang members currently at large.
