The Anambra State Police Command has apprehended four suspects, including a man found in possession of a fresh female breast and three others linked to the kidnapping of a truck driver and diversion of goods worth millions of naira.
In a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the arrests were made over the weekend through coordinated efforts by police operatives and other security agencies.
Ikenga revealed that 25-year-old Samuel Eze was arrested around 3 p.m. on Sunday along Jude Onyekwere Street, Awada, Obosi, by a joint patrol team comprising officers from Awada Police Station and Anambra Vigilante operatives.
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“He was arrested with a woman’s breast, it was recovered immediately and deposited at the morgue for preservation, while the suspect is undergoing Police interrogations for necessary Police investigative actions and prosecution,” Ikenga stated.
In a separate incident, operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad, acting on credible intelligence, rescued a kidnapped truck driver on Saturday and recovered a consignment of goods valued at N9.5 million.
Ikenga said: “The team also recovered a truck loaded with custard powder worth N9.5 million and arrested three suspects involved in the criminal act.
“The suspects, all males—Udegenyi Ugochukwu, 38, Anayochukwu Okonkwo, 47, and Good Odigili, 47—confessed that the goods were to be delivered to a warehouse at Asaba, Delta State, before they abducted the driver, tied him in the bush, and diverted the goods to Enugwu Ukwu.”
He further assured residents of the command’s unwavering commitment to public safety, stating that joint patrols involving the police, military, Civil Defence, Immigration, DSS, and the Anambra Vigilante Group are actively ongoing across the state.
