TWO PERSONS IN POLICE NET FOR ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF ARMS

The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested two persons for alleged unlawful possession of firearms and suspected cult activities within the outskirt of Enugu metropolis. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu,  in a statement on Thursday in Enugu said the suspects were arrested last Sunday.

Mr. Amaraizu said that the Command’s operatives recovered two locally-made double barrel pistols and four cartridges from the suspects. The Police spokesman stated that the arrest was made by the Command’s operatives attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) through intelligence information.

He gave the names of the two suspects as Chukwuebuka Ezema, alias Viper, a native of Akpa-Edem in Nsukka Local Government Area and Ifeanyi Izuchukwu, alias Colombo, a native of Nando community in Anambra state. According to him, Izuchukwu is an ex-convict released from prison in 2015 for the offence of unlawful possession of firearm. He said, the suspects were arrested at their hideout behind Abakpa Girls Secondary School in Abakpa-Nike Enugu.

OBIORA EZE