By SUNNY DAVID in Awka
Governor Willie Obiano if Anambra state has paid cash reward totaling six million naira to police operatives and informants who aided the arrest of wanted suspects involved in the alleged murder of Chief Anthony Igboka of Nimo and Mr. Ndubuisi Nwokolo in Onitsha.
It would be recalled that following the April 16 shooting incident at Nimo which led to the death of Chief Anthony Igboka, Governor Obiano had promised a cash reward of N5m for information that could lead to the arrest of the perpetrators.
According to a release signed by the Police Public Relations Officer Anambra State Police Command, SP Haruna Mohammed, N1m was in respect of the notorious murder suspect Ikechukwu Udensi alias IKANDA who had also been arrested by the Police.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Mustapha Dandaura, while presenting the cash reward to the beneficiaries, thanked Governor Obiano for fulfilling his promise and restated the Command’s readiness to sustain its onslaught against crime and criminality in the state.
Meanwhile, following the flag off of operation Puff Adder in Onitsha by the Commissioner of Police, Mustapha Dandaura, operatives attached to the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) and operation “Puff Adder” in conjunction with local vigilante have arrested two suspects who allegedly specialised in snatching women’s handbags at upper Iweka Onitsha.
According to a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer Mr. Haruna Mohammed (SP) the suspects, one Ugwuanyi Ifeanyi and one Sopulu Ugwoma, who hailed from Nsukka, Enugu State are among the hoodlums terrorising Upper Iweka and Owerri road axis in Onitsha.
The statement disclosed that a single barrel fabricated short gun was recovered from them as exhibit, while the case is under investigation after which suspects would be charged to Court for prosecution.
It would be recalled that the Anambra State Police Command recently mobilized personnel and logistics to Upper Iweka to curtail the menace of robbery and handbags snatching in the area through operation Puff Adder.
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