Nigerian Police Arrest 53 Criminal Suspects In Enugu, Recover 25 Vehicles, Several Arms, Ammunition
The suspects were reportedly paraded at the Command's headquarters, during which the Commissioner of Police, Mr Kanayo Uzuegbu, declared war on kidnappers and cultism in the state.
The Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has said it has arrested 53 criminal suspects for various offences including kidnapping.
The suspects were reportedly paraded at the Command's headquarters, during which the Commissioner of Police, Mr Kanayo Uzuegbu, declared war on kidnappers and cultism in the state.
Uzuegbu while addressing newsmen on various arrests said the command recovered 28 firearms of assorted calibers, 30 live ammunition, 66 live cartridges, 25 vehicles and 16 motorcycles from the suspects arrested in various parts of the state.
He said that the police operatives within the Command also rescued five kidnapped victims in the state, revealing that Enugu had remained relatively peaceful enough for all and sundry to go about their lawful businesses.
According to him, this is not to mean that there are no pockets of crimes and criminality in the state, like every other state in the country and human society in general.
The commissioner said that the Command had found out that some of the criminal activities, particularly that of abduction during night hours, are mostly committed by secret cult members.
Uzuegbu said that he had directed the officer in-charge of my Anti-Cultism Squad to put in more efforts and ensure that cult groups and their criminal activities are further reduced to the barest minimum.
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