Fake police officer, two others nabbed in Anambra

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested one Chidi Ekwesiri, 50, from Umunya, Oyi Local Government Area, and two others, dealing with innocent residents of the state.

The spokesman for the state police command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the arrest in a statement isused on Wednesday noted that the police recovered one automatic pump action gun and a Police uniform from the suspects.

Ikenga said: “In the early hours of Wednesday, December 18, 2024, operatives of the Special Anti-Cultism Squad of the Nigerian Police Enugwu-Ukwu, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State arrested one Chidi Ekwesiri (M) aged 50 years from Umunya, Oyi LGA and two others.

“They also recovered one automatic pump action gun and a Police uniform from the suspects. The operatives spotted the suspect while on surveillance patrol along the Onitsha-Enugu Expressway by UNIZIK Temp Site.

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“During interrogations, the suspect claimed to be a Sergeant and a serving member of the Nigeria Police Force in Lagos, but later denied his earlier claim. He also confessed that the gun was given to him by a yet to be identified man at Ukpo.

“Further information from the suspect led to the arrest of two other suspects who are currently undergoing Police interrogation.”

Ikenga further noted that the Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Nnaghe Itam, has directed the immediate transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Awka for a comprehensive investigation.

He added that once investigations are concluded, the suspects will be charged to Court.

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