Police arrest 7-man robbery gang terrorising Enugu
The police in Enugu State have arrested a seven-man suspected robbery gang said to have been terrorising the state capital within the last month. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement on Saturday in Enugu that the suspects were arrested in Lagos, Awka, Ebonyi as well as Ezeagu […]
The police in Enugu State have arrested a seven-man suspected robbery gang said to have been terrorising the state capital within the last month.
The state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement on Saturday in Enugu that the suspects were arrested in Lagos, Awka, Ebonyi as well as Ezeagu and Enugu metropolis.
Amaraizu said the gang had killed one Chinedu Nzegwu, a trader and a policeman at Obioma Street in Uwani, Enugu on Sept. 12.
He said: “The arrested suspects gave their names as Obunike Ugbene, 27, alias Paparazi, who is the ringleader of the gang from Amaofiagu in Affa of Udi council area of the state but residing at Obinagu road Abakpa Nike near Enugu.
“Kenneth Uchenna, 27, alias Madubuagu, who is a highly skilled driver from Imezi Owa community in Ezeagu Local Government, Nkemdilim Mathew, 23, alias Alone, from Nodu-Okpuno Awka of Anambra and Chukwuma Mbam, 22, alias Revolution from Ikwo in Ebonyi.
Others were “Stanley Uchenna, 23, alias Posiga from Aguobuowa in Enugu State, who acts as informant for the gang; Chinedu Mbam,25, alias Nwaiboko from Izzi in Ebonyi and Patrick Okoli, 33, alias Chika Tokor from Obunofia-Ndiuno Ezeagu in Enugu State.” (NAN)
Amaraizu said the gang leader, Ugbene, had regretted the killings and prayed God to forgive him as he never intended to kill anyone but circumstances led him and the gang to do that.
He noted that the gang leader had revealed to police operatives their numerous operations, the locations where they had operated in the state and the number of people they had killed.
“Through intelligence information, the gang leader was nabbed in Lagos where he had escaped to by operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit and the arrest assisted in the arrest of other members of his gang,’’ he said.