Report has it that a member of the gang terrorising Uga community in Aguata local government area in Anambra, otherwise called unknown gunmen, was nabbed on Sunday
According to report, the suspect was left behind when his gang members fled a crime scene at Nkwọ Ụga market.
An eyewitness reported that the gummen stormed the area in a bus, started operating and shooting indiscriminately to disperse the people, while they also snatched some motorcycles from some commercial motorcyclists at the market, to enhance their operation.
It was said that immediately other members of the gang fled with the snatched motorcycles, youths trooped out to confront them and trapped the driver of the bus. The e courageous youths immediately used iron barricades to block the road and rushed and apprehended him when he jumped down from the bus and tried to escape into a nearby bush.
A video that trended online showed the villagers as they surrounded the suspect while he was physically rough handled before stripping him naked .
He was nearly set him ablaze by the mob but instead they decided to interrogate him, rather than kill him, so to elicit more information from him.
The suspect said he hails from a community in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State. He confessed to the crime, and further revealed a partial identity of their leader and herbalist who prepares charms for them.
Reacting to the development, Governor Chukwuma Soludo assured the people of the state that his government was making frantic efforts to ensure adequate security of lives and property in the state, urging the residents to continue to support the government in the fight against insecurity by reporting any suspect or suspected criminal activities to the government and the law enforcement agencies through designated phone numbers.
Governor Soludo who spoke through his press decretary, Christian Aburime, on the telephone, enjoined residents to always hand over any suspect caught to the law enforcement agencies for adequate investigation and prosecution, rather than resorting to jungle justice.
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