Police arrest 7 suspected thieves in Enugu

Operatives of the Enugu state police command have arrested seven criminal suspects who allegedly specialised in snatching laptops, handbags, and mobile phones within the popular Holy Ghost suburb.

The command`s spokesman DSP Daniel Ndukwu disclosed the arrest to journalists in Enugu on Wednesday.

According to Ndukwu, the suspects were arrested by Police Operatives of the Command serving in the Central Police Station (CPS), in the evening hours of Friday, October 27, 2023, when they raided Holy Ghost railway axis, Christ Chemist, Old Park, and environs.

He gave the identities of the notorious criminal suspects as “Okonkwo Sunday (a.k.a. “Oga Sunny”), aged 35; Nwankwoala Tochukwu (a.k.a. “TC Boy”), aged 25; Ogbu Mmaduabuchi, aged 18; Miracle Chukwu, aged 20; Nwali Chinedu, aged 23; Ananchonam Chinecherem (a.k.a. “Razor”), aged 18; and Nwamini Junior (a.k.a. “Small”), aged 20, all of no known address.”

He said that the suspects who were all male, specialised in attacking and dispossessing innocent and unsuspecting citizens of their belongings.

“Exhibits recovered include nine (9) female handbags, two (2) wallets, two (2) wheel spanners, one (1) iron saw, one (1) serviceable Dell laptop, one (1) Zenith Bank ATM card bearing “Joy Akiji”, one (1) NIN registration slip, and other incriminating exhibits all snatched from the unsuspecting victims.”

The suspects, according to Ndukwe, had all confessed to the crime and have been arraigned in court and remanded in the Correctional Custodial Centre in the Enugu state metropolis.

Meanwhile, the state Police Commissioner commended the authorities and asked them to maintain the tempo while appealing to the public to continue supporting the efforts of the police to flush out unrepentant criminals in the state, he said .