Final year student, 7 others nabbed over robbery, possession of firearms

The police in Enugu State have arrested eight suspects, including a final year student of a tertiary institution in the state, for armed robbery and illegal possession of firearms. The command also recovered an AK 47 rifle, two locally-made double barrel guns and two locally-made pistols, as well as two live cartridges. Parading the suspects […]

The police in Enugu State have arrested eight suspects, including a final year student of a tertiary institution in the state, for armed robbery and illegal possession of firearms.

The command also recovered an AK 47 rifle, two locally-made double barrel guns and two locally-made pistols, as well as two live cartridges.

Parading the suspects on Friday in Enugu, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Sulaiman Balarabe, said on April 26, 2019, operatives of the command arrested four persons who had been terrorising the Ugwogo and Ibeagwa Nike axis of Enugu State and were arrested with one single-barrel locally made revolver pistol.

By 09:00am on April 17, Balarabe said Eze Emmanuel (25), a final year nursing student, was arrested for unlawful possession of firearms, which included one locally made double-barrel short gun and two live cartridges.

“Again, Ezeugwu Brendan (25) was arrested on April 15, for unlawful possession of one locally made six rounds revolver pistol. Also, on March 10, Okechukwu Egbuaba, an ex-convict, with three other cohorts at large, attacked a police officer returning from an election duty from Ebonyi State and dispossessed him of an AK47.

The commissioner also noted that the command’s anti-cultism unit arrested Chukwuemeka Ani (21) and recovered one locally made double-barrel pistol. (NAN)