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  • Police arrests herdsman over armed robbery in Abia

    Police arrests herdsman over armed robbery in Abia

    …Rescued Kidnapped Victim, Passengers

     

    The Abia police command has commended the residents of the state for the timely information they have been giving to the command which has led to the numerous successes they have recorded in combating heinous crimes.

    Speaking in Umuahia while parading a Fulani herdsman who was arrested while trying to snatch a motorbike from its owner Uyime Saturday, the state Commissioner of Police (CP) Leye Oyebade said that the suspect Adamu Abubakar was arrested with a locally made pistol.

    Oyebade said that Saturday a commercial motorcycle rider who lives at Rubber Research Institute Akwaette reported that he had conveyed two passengers Abubakar and his colleague who is at large from Azumiiri to Akwaette when they attacked him.

    He said, “Along the way the duo attempted to snatch his motorcycle from him and as he resisted they shot him and he later reported the matter to the police at Akwaette police division”.

    “The police with the cooperation of the local vigilante group combed the area and arrested Adamu Abubakar with one cut to size locally made pistol with live cartridges while his accomplice who he gave his name as Suleiman Abubakar escaped”.

    In an interaction with newsmen, Adamu said that he was taking care of their cows when he heard a gunshot and he asked Suleiman why the shooting, “He said that he shot at people who were trying to steal their cows and I told him that there was nobody around for the shot”.

    Adamu said that the cows belong to his father in Taraba state and that when he found out that Suleiman had shot somebody instead of what he acclaimed to have shot to scare thieves away that he warned him against such acts.

    The Abia CP said that his men were able to rescue a kidnapped victim within few hours after his kidnap, “This success of rescuing the victim Ejiogu Ugochukwu was one of the benefits of the members of the public who gave us information freely”.

    Oyebade said that his men got information that Ugochukwu of Umueze Ibeku, Umuahia north council area of the state was abducted by five unknown armed men, “Detectives of the anti-kidnapping squad moved in and arrested Orji Uka of Ekoli Eda in Afikpo north council area of Ebonyi state”.

    The CP said that Uka was arrested while trying to collect the ransom money without knowing that it was a bait set by the police to arrest those behind the kidnap incident.

    He said, “Uka was arrested at the point of collecting the one million naira ransom at Nekede/Ihiagwa, Owerri west local government area of Imo state and the suspect confessed to the crime which led to the rescue of the victim”.

    Uka while speaking with newsmen said that one of his friends called him that there is a job they will do that will give him money to start business, “My friend brought a car which I drove to kidnap the victim and when they could not collect the ransom they asked me to go and collect it when the police arrested me”.

    Oyebade said that his men also rescued kidnapped passengers of a Toyota Sienna which was snatched along Aba-Umuahia side of the expressway, “Our patrol team moved in and intercepted the vehicle along Ekeakpara road heading towards Omuma in Rivers state”.

    He said that the hoodlums on sighting the police fled into the bush abandoning the kidnapped passengers and the vehicle, “During a search on the vehicle, one pump action rifle with two cartridges were recovered”.

    The CP gave a list of vehicles the command had recovered within the period under review, one Suzuki mini bus with the number SSM 731 ZJ, Toyota Lexus RX 300 SSM 906 TP, Toyota RAV 4 RBC 785 BT, Toyota Camry SMK 512 EM, Nissan Xterra GGJ 388 AA and Nissan Almera EPE 706 DX

     

  • Police arrests Pastor for operating fake maternity in Abia

    Police arrests Pastor for operating fake maternity in Abia

    The Abia state police command has arrested and paraded a pastor who operates a church and a medical centre which has been converted in to a baby factory at number 252 Faulks road Aba.

    Speaking in Umuahia while parading the pastor who gave his name as Christopher Adebanya Tochukwu and other suspected criminals, the Commissioner of Police (CP) Leye Oyebade said that the pastor has been raping the pregnant girls at his medical centre.

    Oyebade said that when one of the girls was interrogated she claimed that the pastor has been raping them and in one of his attempt to rape one of the girls, he was stabbed on the neck by the victim with a glass object she laid her hands on.

    He said that one of the girls who gave her name as Imeobong Udoh under interrogation alleged that her two months old baby she delivered there was forcefully taken away from her by the wife of the pastor and sold to an unknown person.

    The Abia CP said that his men from Ariaria police station who went for the operation was able to rescue a two weeks old baby girl who has been taken to a motherless baby’s home for care and custody.

    In an interaction with Blessing Ariet, she said that the pastor tried to rape her and when she refused that he started beating her with belt leaving several marks on her body.

    She said that there was a time when he attempted to sleep with her forcefully but had to stop, “When his wife came suddenly into the room she was kept and he pretended that he was examining her stomach”.

    The other girl who gave her name as Ikechukwu Jane said that the wife of the pastor who is now as large is aware of her husband’s raping of the girls in the medical centre, “The wife said that when he sleeps with the girls that the babies in our womb are being fed naturally”.

    Oyebade said that the operatives of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the command stationed at Obehie division arrested Godspower Emeka aged 28 years of Orji street Obehie for allegedly stealing Mercy Emeka aged 3 years of the same address.

    He said that Mercy was sold to Kelvin Ogbunigwu aged 35 years of Omuma in Rivers state for the sum of N150,000, “The baby who has been recovered and the suspect who sold her is her uncle”.

    When The Nation spoke with the Emeka, he said that the load of feeding eleven children in their family was becoming too much, “So when one of my friends Ogbunigwu came and told me that there is someone who would buy the baby I sold her to him”.

    When asked why did he not sell one of his children since he said that he is married with children, he said, “It is the devil and I regret my actions and plead that my sister should forgive me for my devilish action”.

    Oyebade said that the strategy the command has out in place in fighting heinous crimes has started yielding fruits as has his men under Ndiegoro division intercepted and engaged a five man armed robbery gang in a gun duel very close to a first generation bank in Aba.

    He said that after the gun battle, “Two of the hoodlums were gunned down, while three of the suspects escaped their operational car a Nissan Laurel with registration number AE 221 ARG and other items were recovered”.

    The CP also paraded several other suspected criminals including burglars who specializes in breaking of shops, including recovery of fire arms from suspected armed robbers.

     

  • Police parades 19 criminal suspects in Abia

    Police parades 19 criminal suspects in Abia

    …To pay N1m for whistle blower on Crimes

     

    The Abia state government says it will commence the payment of the sum of N1 million on any whistle blower who helps in giving information that would lead to solving heinous crimes in the state.

    Speaking with newsmen in Umuahia while parading nineteen suspected criminals, the Commissioner of Police (CP) Leye Oyebade said that the state security council meeting resolved to give that sum to any whistle blower on crimes.

    Oyebade said that the police need the required genuine information to enable them do their jobs better, stressing that criminals live within and around people so it is their responsibility to expose such persons for peace to reign in the state.

    He said, “The desire by the state government to give out that huge sum of money to those who are willing to expose criminals living in the state is one of the ways to encourage residents to aid the police in their work of preventing and combating crimes”.

    The Abia CP said that the command in collaboration with the state government will be establishing a new Rapid Tactical Squad which will under go training in the areas of arms handling and information gathering before they commence operation.

    Oyebade said, “After their training which will last for about three months, they will be well kitted and all the necessary logistics required for them to perform their duties will be provided for them”.

    “Their operational base would be situated at the state police headquarters and they will be expected to cover every part of the state and their duty would be mainly to respond to kidnap distress calls in collaboration with the Rapid Response Squad and other units in the command”.

    Parading the suspects, the CP said that his men following information made available to his men by Chief Emmanuel Agwu of 61 Amamba Housing Estate, Ubakala Umuahia that five armed men surged into his house and made away with his RX 350 Lexus SUV.

    The CP said that two people David Onyebuchi and Chidozie Nwachukwu were arrested, adding that Onyebuchi was called on phone by one of the hoodlums now at large through the complainants stolen phone, “On searching the phone log it led to the arrest of Nwachukwu”.

    Oyebade said that his men following reports of armed robbery made by Emmanuel Liberty of 49 Ibadan Street and Stanley Elechi of 14 Niger street Igbere off Ngwa Road all in Aba, “Two people Tochukwu Darlington Osigwe aka Ekeson Mba and Eberechukwu Azunna aka Jamaica were arrested”.

    He said that the suspects on two different days with others now at large robbed the complainants at gun point of their valuables which include sum money, thirty pairs of shoes, Tecno mobile phone, sum of forty eight thousand naira and torchlight.

    The Abia CP also paraded Charles Uzodinma for allegedly masterminding the kidnapping of Pa Jeremiah Adindu aged 90 years, the father of Godwin Adindu former Chief Press Secretary to Abia Governor.

    Oyebade said that Pa Adindu was rescued by the collaborative efforts of the police, youths, vigilante and hunters while combing the bush within the boundary between Obingwa and Osokwa in Osisioma council area of the state.

    He said, “On the same day responding to another distress call from Mgnoko Umunkpi, my men arrested Eze Uche aka Inspector of Umuada Nvosi, Chimka Nwogwugwu, Uzochukwu Nwogwugwu and Okechukwu Nwogwugwu all of Umuokoroma Nvosi Obingwa for being alleged kidnap suspects”.

    The CP used the occasion to give the achievements of the command in the last eight months, “The period under review 134 armed robbery suspects, 7 burglary, 29 child trafficking, 26 kidnappings, 18 car snatching”.

    “Others are 2 murder, 4 rapes, 24 cultists, 15 vandalization, 8 fraudsters, recovery of arms 32, ammunition 188, vehicles 40, motorcycles and tricycles 15 and kidnapped victims rescued 15”.

     

  • Police parades suspected criminals, busts 419 syndicate in Abia

    Police parades suspected criminals, busts 419 syndicate in Abia

    The Abia State Police Command has paraded suspected criminals including two young men who have been terrorizing residents of Federal Low Cost Housing Estate Umuahia, the state capital.

    Speaking while parading the suspects in Umuahia, the Commissioner of Police (CP) Leye Oyebade, said that the suspects had ransacked the shop of one Emeka Aharaumunna at the same estate and carted away six generating plants valued at N450,000.

    Oyebade said that luck ran out on them as they on Tuesday 21/03/2017 at about 0130hrs, the hoodlums stormed the house of one Pastor Gabriel Nwankwo of the same estate and fired some shots in an attempt to break into his house for robbery.

    He said that the two men, Obinna Anyanwu and Chinedu Awa on March 16 and 17 2017 raided the house of one Mrs Beatrice Okpi at the Low Cost Housing Estate Umuahia.

    The CO said, “For two consecutive days they parked every item of clothing and kitchen utensils belonging to the woman who was staying alone at the time of the raid”.

    “But luck ran out of them when on a serial attack raided the house of one Uche Jonathan of the same estate and robbed him of two wielding machines valued at N46, 000.00 when vigilant neighbors alerted my men”.

    Oyebade said that the duo were arrested following the intervention of the neighbourhood watch who apprehended and handed them to the police where they confessed that they had moved the items of the earlier robbery at Mrs Okpi’s house to Ohafia where their ringleader resides.

    He said that items recovered include, glass table, one Tiger generating plant, two bed mattresses, one television set Two DVD, among other household properties.

    In an interview with The Nation, Obinna, from Mpam, Ahiazu Mbaise, Imo State, confessed to committing the crime saying that he was introduced by a friend by name Flex.

    He said he has been involved in robbery operation five times, however Chinedu Awa alias Pastor, from Ndi Uduma Awoke, Ohafia LGA Abia State, said he was not part of the robbery but bought some of the stolen items.

    The Abia CP also paraded a two man gang of a notorious “419” syndicate popularly known as “One Chance” which specialises in picking unsuspecting passengers to an unknown destination where they are defrauded of  their possessions.

    Oyebade said that they were intercepted by vigilant members of the public while attempting to pick some unsuspecting victims at Owerri by Kaduna Street Umuahia.

    Oyebade gave their names as Lucky Nwokocha from Ntigha in Isialangwa North council of Abia State; and Mrs. Rekiyat Sunday who said she hails from Ibila in Ankpa, Kogi State.

    The CP said that one Volkswagen Vento Saloon car marked Rivers PBT 422 DT used by the syndicate as operational vehicle was recovered in the process and that efforts is in progress to arrest other members of the gang and their sponsors.

    In an interview, one of the suspects, Nwokocha, 23, confessed to the crime but said he was introduced to the act by those who defrauded him of N300,000 he wanted to use and sponsor the burial of his late father who died last year.

    Nwokocha narrated that he had innocently boarded a taxi operated by the syndicate who defrauded him of the burial money he wanted to use to bury his late father, after which they later encouraged him to join them.

    Similarly, the other suspect, Mrs. Sunday said she joined the syndicate in January after the death of her late husband, a solder, adding that she has no one to help her and her children.

    The mother of eight said it was Nwokocha who she identified as her class mate in one of the schools in the state capital that “converted” her to the group, stressing that because of her financial predicament she had no choice than to join them.

    On how they operate Mrs Sunday said that she would pose as a passenger  escaping with a bag load of money belonging to her master and looking for a native doctor that would neutralise the effects of charms allegedly placed on the money by her master.

    She said greedy and gullible persons usually fall for the pranks even though they also cast spell on them, adding that once the person falls victim they the rest becomes history.