ANAMBRA POLICE ACTION ON THE CULT CLASH THAT RESULTED IN THE FATAL INJURY OF FOUR PERSONS AT AFOR NAWFIA MARKET. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

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 ANAMBRA POLICE ACTION ON THE CULT CLASH THAT RESULTED IN THE FATAL INJURY OF FOUR PERSONS AT AFOR NAWFIA MARKET The Anambra State Police Command wishes to provide a comprehensive update on the cult-related attack that occurred on the evening of 7th December 2025 at Afor Nawfia Market, along the Onitsha–Awka Old Road. It will be recalled that operatives of the Command attached to the Special Anti-Cult Squad, Enugwu-Ukwu, had, four days earlier, acting on credible intelligence about a planned rival cult confrontation, arrested two dangerous suspects and recovered a firearm from them. The arrested suspects have been assisting the Police with valuable information aimed at preventing further cult-related violence within Awka and its environs. Despite these proactive efforts by the Command operatives, some members of the same gang, on the evening of 7th December 2025, operating in a black Lexus Jeep with registration number yet unknown, stormed Afor Nawfia Market and opened fire indiscr...

DELTA STATE POLICE ARRESTS FOUR SUSPECTED KIDNAPPERS, RECOVERS ONE AK-47 RIFLE, VICTIM’S VEHICLE AND THEIR OPERATIONAL VEHICLE. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.


 22nd September 2025


PRESS RELEASE 


DELTA SECURITY:


DELTA STATE POLICE COMMAND ARRESTS FOUR SUSPECTED KIDNAPPERS, RECOVERS ONE AK-47 RIFLE, VICTIM’S VEHICLE AND THEIR OPERATIONAL VEHICLE


ARREST OF NOTORIOUS ARMED ROBBERY SYNDICATE  RECOVERY OF ONE  AK-47 RIFLE


1. ARREST OF A SUSPECTED KIDNAPPER/ ARMED ROBBER AND RECOVERY OF ONE AK-47 RIFLE. Acting on intelligence, on 12th September 2025, a team led by the DPO Ekpan, CSP Labe Joseph, arrested two suspects: Elvis Ebroghro (male, aged 36) and Abiola Adegore (male, aged 34), both residents of Ometan. Preliminary findings indicate that on 11 September 2025, a community security guard, Abdullahi Mohammed (male), sighted the duo attempting to steal a vehicle battery. When he challenged them, the suspects allegedly threatened to kill him if he reported the incident. Following Elvis Ebroghro's confessional statement, operatives intensified their operations, leading to the arrest of another key suspect, Lucky Ebroghro. During the follow-up operation, one AK-47 rifle concealed inside an isolated building within Ometan Community and linked to the syndicate was recovered. Investigation is ongoing.


2. ARREST OF SUSPECTED KIDNAPPERS AND RECOVERY OF VICTIM VEHICLE, SUSPECT OPERATIONAL VEHICLE AND A NETWORK JAMMER: On 8th on September 2025 at about 0130hours, the command received a distress call that a young man (name withheld) was kidnapped at his residence in Ogwashi-Uku and taken away. The kidnappers after collecting a ransom of two million naira (#2,000,000) shot his leg for not having enough money. The CP immediately detailed the command's Special anti-kidnapping and cyber squad to the scene. The commander CSP Godwin Osadolor alongside his operatives stormed the bush and trailed the suspects to Ogwashi-Uku bush, where the victim was rescued with gunshot injury. The operatives then embarked on an intelligence-led investigation and arrested the duo of Chukwuebuka Nka ‘m’, aged 25 years, of Nenwe in Aniri LGA of Enugu State and Uche Okechukwu ‘m’ of  Amaifeke in Orlu LGA of imo state. Suspects were arrested at Owerri road, Ndemili North LGA of Anambra state and the victim's white colour Venza SUV was recovered from them. Following the confessions of the two suspects, the operatives stormed their hideout at Agidiase village in Ogwashi-uku, where one Somto Chukwuma ‘m’ aged 18 years of Ezea of Ihiala LGA, Anambra state, was arrested. The suspect took the operatives to another hideout in Ogwashi-Uku, where they recovered their operational  Toyota Matrix vehicle with registration no. RRT-331-AE  and a network jammer circuit device was also recovered. Suspects are in custody, and investigation is ongoing.


The Commissioner of Police, Delta State Command, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda, commended the operatives for their professionalism and resilience, stressing that there will be no safe haven for criminals in Delta State. He reaffirmed the Command’s commitment to relentlessly dismantling criminal networks to restore peace and safety across communities.


SP. EDAFE BRIGHT, ANIPR, FCIA, FIPMD

POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,

DELTA STATE COMMAND,

ASABA.. 

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