The crimes ranged from cultism,
kidnapping, armed robbery, among others.
The suspects were arrested during a clamp
down on rampaging criminals in the past two months.
The state’s Commissioner of Police,
Mr Garba Baba Umar, said that the suspects were grabbed at their various
hideouts in Akwa, Ogidi, and Nnewi town, in the state capital.
Umar said: “Two deadly robbers, who had been on our
wanted list were picked up in a hotel in Nibo area of Akwa by operatives of the
State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID). We recovered arms such as
AK-47 rifles and several rounds of ammunition from the suspects. We have also
arrested 10 cult members, including two females. They were arrested at Akwa and
Nnewi.”
At the operations department of the
command headquarters, a police officer said that the recent successes of the command
may not be unconnected with the instruction of the Inspector-General of Police
(IGP), Mr Ibrahim Idris all commissioners of police, to send packing all
criminals from their states.
A source at the operations
department said: “Even in this department, we have arrested more than 11 armed
robbers within three weeks.”
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