Enugu Police Command Arrests Over 5,000 Criminals In 6 Months

Posted by Ignatius Okpara Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria Friday, September 12th, 2025

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu authorities constabulary Command says it arrested a full of 5,176 transgression suspects progressive successful assorted crimes successful the past six months, conscionable arsenic it warned its operatives against each mode of corrupt practices, including extortion.

The authorities Commissioner of constabulary CP, Mamman Bitrus Giwa, disclosed this to newsmen connected Thursday portion briefing newsmen connected the breakthrough recorded by the Command successful the past six months helium took implicit the mantle of enactment of the state.

“Exactly six months agone today, connected 11th March 2025, I took implicit and assumed work arsenic the 29th Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command.2. 

 “over the past six months, we person adopted proactive policing arsenic the main thrust of our crime-fighting strategy”

“While a fewer incidents whitethorn person occurred beyond our archetypal preventive control, we person consistently responded with swift and effectual remedial actions.

“Breakdown of operational Successes and Notable Cases our proactive attack has yielded awesome results successful combating superior crimes crossed the State”

“Within the six-month reappraisal period, we arrested a full of 5,176 suspects for assorted offences.

“Breakdown is arsenic follows: 98 were suspects arrested for equipped robbery, 87 for kidnapping, 50 for murder,16 for unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition,11 for rape oregon defilement,122 for cultism and related crimes, and 4,792 for different offences specified arsenic theft, vandalism, quality trafficking, and burglary.

“A full of 113 abducted oregon kidnapped victims were successfully rescued. We besides recovered 105 firearms, including 8 AK-47 and 1 G-3 automatic rifles, 271 rounds of ammunition, and 71 vehicles utilized in, oregon recovered from, assorted transgression activities. Many different incriminating exhibits were besides recovered during the operations. 

“Among the astir notable cases was the caller apprehension of an 18-year-old suspect, Obodoagu Ikediekpere, and 1 different idiosyncratic for the kidnapping and execution of his 5-year-old antheral 2nd cousin, pursuing thorough quality gathering and investigation. 

“In different wide publicized case, the suspect, Obieze Levi, alias “E Dey Pray E Dey Show,” was arrested alongside 2 different accomplices and charged with kidnapping and ritual murder.

 “Additionally, 2 sisters—Juliet Chukwu and Ngozi Nancy Chukwu—were apprehended, arraigned successful tribunal and remanded for kidnapping a kinsman and collecting...