The Police Command in Enugu State as arrested a suspected notorious armed robber and cultist, Chukwuebuka Ani, 23, who has been operating within the within Enugu metropolis and 9th mile of the state.
Reports according to PM News records that the Police recovered from arrested notorious armed robber a locally made double barrel pistol guns.
In a statement in Enugu on Monday, the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), SP Ebere Amaraizu, revealed that the suspect was arrested on May 3 by the Command’s Anti-Cultist Squad.
According to Amaraizu, Ani who is also identified as Chi revealed that he was captured through intelligence made available to the command, he was arrested in his hideout in Ugbene-1 axis of Abakpa within the outskirt of Enugu metropolis.
Handcuffed Prisoner
“It was gathered that the suspect had before now allegedly involved himself alongside with Chigozie alias SMS and others at large in nefarious activities ranging from cultism and armed robbery in Abakpa, Independence layout and 9th mile areas.
“It was further gathered that the suspect is the Coordinator/Executioner of Ayees Confraternity within Abakpa axis and its environs.
“He was initiated into Ayees cult in 2012 at Alulu Nike by one Ikechukwu also known as 6-months, who is no longer in Nigeria,’’ he said.
The police spokesman said that the 23-year-old suspect, who also sells marijuana, hails from Umuodimegwu Amaozalla village in Affa community in Udi Local Government Area of the state.
“The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Sulaiman Balarabe, has directed for a full scale investigation into the activities of the suspect.
“The Command through its Public Relations Department has intensified campaign against cultism and other vices with a view to saving youths from the claws of cultism and other vices,’’ he added.
It was gathered that the armed robbery is also a current prevailing acts against bandits attacks and kidnapping by unknown gunmen across the nations of the federation.
Source: PM News