Police Operatives In Anambra Thwart Plot To Abduct/Kidnap Foreigner, Recover 4 Bodies Of Notorious Cultists, Begin Investigation On Suspected Ritual Killing
Police Operatives in Anambra State on Sunday morning, 6th October, 2024, resisted the Abduction/kidnapping plan of a foreigner by suspected armed secessionist members in Ogbunka village, Orumba South LGA.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Tochukwu Ikenga in a statement, on Monday, 7th October 2024, informed that the Operatives courageously engaged the hoodlums in a gun battle and saved the VIP.
According to the PPRO, unfortunately, two Police Operatives were hit by bullet, though they escaped with the foreigner.
He said that the injured officers are stable and are currently receiving treatment in a hospital.
Ikenga added that Operations are ongoing in the area for the possible arrest of the Armed men.
The PPRO also intimated that Police operatives attached to Nimo Police Station responded to a distress call that same day by 8:25 pm, of a suspected cult clash at Umuka, Nawfia.
According to him, the Operatives upon arriving the scene, found four lifeless bodies of young men in a pool of blood with suspected multiple gunshot injuries lying on the road.
The victims were confirmed dead by a doctor on duty and have been deposited in the morgue.
Ikenga said the deceased were later identified as one Ebuka Nwaonkwube Ekenta of Mmimi village Nawfia, Nnatuanya Junior A.K: A Starboy of Mmimi village Nawfia, Aniemena A.K.A Osama of Umuariam Village and one Ahmed Auwal.
The Police spokesperson hinted that information from eyewitnesses and some villagers revealed that the victims are known for their nefarious activities and are always in rivalry with another cult group in the area.
He said that Joint patrol with Operatives of the Special Anit Cultism Squad (SPACS) has been intensified in the area.
In another development, according to Ikenga, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, has ordered
immediate investigations into the gruesome murder of a 17-year-old girl suspected of being used for ritual purpose.
He said that the girl’s lifeless body who was found in a bush at Omasi village by 4:25 pm that same Sunday, was later identified as one Chinasa Adigwe from Umueje village.
According to the PPRO, her private parts were cut off in a bush at Omasi Village before Police were alerted, adding that the body has been recovered and deposited in a morgue.
The CP while condoling with the family, friends and Community of the deceased, assured that the Police will do everything possible to arrest those behind the barbaric act and justice served.
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