Operatives from the Rivers State Police Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit (AKU) have arrested a notorious cultist and armed robbery suspect and recovered some weapons.
The suspect and leader of a cultist gang, was said to have been terrorizing farm lands at Uzo Afor road in Okahia Community, Elele, Etche LGA.
A statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) SP Grace Iringe-Koko, said the gang’s activities caused widespread panic and tension in the community.
She said earlier last year, the same gang engaged police operatives of the command on a gun duel, but away when they could not withstand the superior firepower of the police.
She said on 30th, January, 2025, at about 0630hrs, operatives arrested 35-year-old Innocent Chigozie in his hideout through coordinated intelligence.
Iringe-Koko said during interrogations, the suspect confessed to owning the recovered exhibits, one automatic pump action gun and two live cartridges.
“The suspect and exhibits are currently in police custody. An investigation is ongoing, with efforts intensified to apprehend other fleeing gang members and recover their operational weapons”, she said.
