… Arrest 3 Male transformer vandals
… Recover their operational Tricycle and tools
Police Operatives serving in New Haven Police Division of Enugu State Command on Sunday, 6th May 2023 at about 1.30 am, recovered a locally fabricated cut-to-size gun loaded with one live cartridge, abandoned by escaping armed robbery suspects at New Artisan, Enugu.
According to a press release signed by the Enugu State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said that the recovery was due to the operatives, with assistance from the Neighborhood Watch Group, swiftly responding to credible information that the criminal elements were sighted in the area.
In another development, police operatives serving in Abakpa Division, while also working with personnel of the Neighborhood Watch Group, on Sunday, 30th April 2023 at about 4 am, arrested three male suspects namely: Chidera Eze aged 25, Ifesi Agbo aged 23, and Arinze Akoma aged 20, while they were vandalizing the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) Transformer, at Church Road Housing Estate, Abakpa-Nike, Enugu.
The suspects, who specialized in vandalizing Transformers and other public assets, confessed to the crime, while the tricycle they used for operation, robber hand gloves, spanners, adjustable wrenches, and other workshop tools were recovered from them.
The Command spokesperson said that the case is undergoing further discreet investigation at the State CID, Enugu and they will be charged to court upon conclusion of the investigation.
