* Recovers Firearm, Mororcycle And Other Incriminating Items
By Rose Nwankwu (Anambra State Correspondent, in Awka)
Anambra State Police Command Operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad Awkuzu, in the early hours of Tuesday to March 24, 2026, arrested a five-member gang, including a female suspect who specializes in luring unsuspecting commercial motorcyclists for robbery operations in Ihiala.
The Operatives recovered one locally made Beretta pistol, Three Qlink motorcycles (150 Tiger model) suspected to have been stolen and a red-coloured face mask.
The suspects are: Sunday Chukwudebele ‘M’, aged 22 years, Adaobi Udeze ‘F’, aged 26 years, Chimezie Ifebi ‘M’, aged 35 years, Kelvin Chukwuejike ‘M’, aged 28 years and Uzi Chukwuejike Williams Umeh ‘M’, aged 26 years,
Preliminary investigations reveal that the female suspect plays a strategic role in the gang’s operations by posing as a passenger and deceiving motorcycle transporters (popularly known as okada riders) to isolated locations, where other gang members attack and dispossess them of their motorcycles and valuables.
A statement on Tuesday by the Public Relations Officer of the Anambra Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, however said the Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, while commending the Police operatives for their swift response, reiterated the Command’s commitment to ensuring the safety of residents across the State.
He also urged members of the public, especially commercial motorcyclists, to remain vigilant and report suspicious movements to the nearest Police Station. NNL.
