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...

ANAMBRA POLICE ARRESTS A SUSPECTED MEMBER OF A KIDNAP/ARMED ROBBERY/CAR SNATCHING SYNDICATE LINKED TO A PROSCRIBED SECESSIONIST GROUP. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.


 ANAMBRA POLICE ARRESTS A SUSPECTED MEMBER OF A KIDNAP/ARMED ROBBERY/CAR SNATCHING SYNDICATE LINKED TO A PROSCRIBED SECESSIONIST GROUP


The Anambra State Police Command in continuation of ongoing investigations into a case of conspiracy, kidnapping, armed robbery, and car snatching linked to the activities of a proscribed secessionist group, Police operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad Awkuzu arrested another criminal gang member Kalu Okafor ‘M’, aged 43 years, at Okpoko, Ogbaru LGA in the early hours of yesterday 3rd December 2025. During the Operations, the Operatives recovered one (1) AK-47 Rifle, one (1) Pump-Action Gun, Two (2) AK-47 Magazines, Eighty-Eight (88) Rounds of Ammunition, two (2) Face Masks, and two (2) Hand Gloves. 


The feat was recorded following the confession of one of the gang members Chukwudi Nwakpa, who has been in custody, stating how they handed over their firearms to Kalu Okafor for safekeeping after each kidnapping operation. Also, Kalu further admitted that he received returns from the proceeds of ransom collected from kidnapped victims.


The suspect is currently assisting the Police with useful information aimed at arresting other fleeing members of the gang and possibly recovering additional operational weapons.


Further developments will be communicated in due course.


SP Ikenga Tochukwu

Police Public Relations Officer

Anambra State Police Command


4th December 2025

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