Anambra Police Arrests 200 Suspected Kidnappers,Armed Robbers and Cultists, recover 27 vehicles
By Okey Maduforo
Sixty days after the new Anambra Police Commissioner Nnajhe Itam assumed office a total of 200 suspected cultists, Kidnappers and armed robbers have so far been arrested.
Under the period in review the Command also recoverd 36 pomp action rifles, 1,644 ammunition and rescued four kidnap victims while five convictions have been made.
According to Itam while briefing newsmen at the Command headquarters;
” Our efforts to reduce crimes and criminality in the last sixty days have yielded positive results and we have arrested over 200 suspects for various crimes , had up to five convictions, investigations and prosecutions of four kidnap suspects”
“We recovered different brands of arms such as 8 Jeff automatic pump action rifles 28 normal pump action rifles and a total of 1,644 ammunition as well as 27 Vehicles of different brands as well as motorcycles”
Continuing Itam recalled that the Command has been involved in several training and retraining of men in the low stream security operations as well as use of fire arms and target practicing training.
He also announced that the Command is putting in place an Emergency Response Unit aimed at getting to the scene of crime within ten minutes of a distress call in any part of Anambra state.
Among the suspects are three young men in their early thirties who specialize in car snatching and armed robbery and according to the Commissioner, they sell those cars through their father who they gave one car as gift.
Itam however announced that the Command will not take kindly to the activities of Juju Priests and those involved in some traditional practices that are breach to the laws of the state and the Constitution of Nigeria.
“When you talk about cultism you will discover that there all manner of traditional or cultural practices that are breach to the laws of the land and the Constitution of the country and the activities of Juju Priests and their likes would be looked into “
“If you have a masquerade that a woman is forbidden to see , why do you play it in the afternoon because it should be in the night and this culture of going to a shrine and put white clay on you face and come out to attack harass and flog people must have to be managed because it is against the fundamental human Rights of the people in the society” he said.
