New CP Urges Citizens to Provide Info to Police

…As Police Repel Attack by Gunmen in Ihiala

By Jude Atupulazi

The new Commissioner of Police, Anambra State, CP Echeng Eworo, has urged the people of Anambra State and residents alike to sustain the tempo in providing the police and the security community with timely and credible crime prevention information that will be used to curb acts of crime and criminality in the state; even as he enjoined them to remain vigilant and law-abiding.

This comes as police operatives successfully repelled an attack by gunmen in Ihiala, venue of a rally by the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Tuesday.

The CP made this plea followed the recent feat accomplished by the Command, which, he said, arose from credible intelligence made possible by members of the public.

It will be recalled that on October 10, police operatives in Anambra busted a criminal hideout at Afor Nawfia, Njikoka LGA, and arrested one Daniel Nebolisa, aged 29 and recovered one double barrel locally fabricated pistol; one single barrel locally fabricated pistol; twenty-one live cartridges; five expended cartridges and one AK 47 ammunition, all concealed in a bag.

The suspect, who is already helping the police with information to apprehend other gang members, confessed that he was awaiting other members of his gang at the time of his arrest by the police.

Meanwhile, the CP has reassured the people of the state of the Command’s avowed commitment to doing everything within its powers to maintain public security and safety in the state.

recover one AK 47 rifle, 30 rounds of ammunition, two magazines, four vehicles_

Meanwhile, operatives of the Anambra State Police Command, at 9:30 am last Tuesday, successfully repelled an attack at Odata Central School, beside St Martin’s Church, Ihiala. Exhibits recovered included one AK 47 rifle; two magazines with 30 rounds of ammunition; one Lexus 350 Jeep, one Rav 4 jeep; one Mercedes Benz and a Toyota Corolla.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the hoodlums started shooting sporadically on arriving Odata Central School but they were successfully repelled by police operatives and military on ground. No casualty was recorded by the police, according to police sources.

Meanwhile, normalcy has been restored just as operations continued in the area for possible arrest of the fleeing gang members.