From Everest Ezihe, Owerri
Following intelligence report, the Imo State Police Command has nabbed three notorious armed robbery suspects terrorizing the State for some months now.
ASP Henry Okoye, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO of Imo State Police Command disclosed this to The Authority in Owerri in a press statement endorsed by him, saying that the suspects were apprehended on August 11, 2024, along Naze Cluster market, while they were dispossessing a young man of his phone and other personal belongings.
The suspects, according to the release, were arrested by the operatives of the Nekede Police Divisional Headquarters, Owerri West, through an Intelligence-led operation and painstaking investigation.
He listed among other dangerous weapons recovered from them to include; one locally made pistol and five rounds of live cartridges.
“One of the suspects, John Chukwudi, ‘m’, 27yrs, a native of Ntu in Ngor Okpala LGA of Imo State was arrested on 14/08/2024 while on intelligence-led patrol with the local vigilantes, along Human Race Hospital Road, Nekede. Recovered from him include, one locally made pistol and five rounds of live cartridges.
“On interrogation, he confessed to being a member of the black axe confraternity cult group and stated that the gun was given to him by a member of his syndicate, Ugochukwu Ndubuisi aka Dimzi Gate, who is at large.
“In a different development, Elijah Chigemezu, ‘m’, 23yrs of Ezzamgbo in Ebonyi State was apprehended on 11/08/2024, along Cluster Road, Naze, in the very act of dispossessing a young man his phone and personal belongings at gunpoint.”
