The Enugu State Police Command has sustained its proactive policing efforts with the arrest of two suspects, including a military impersonator, for unlawful possession of firearms, ammunition, and cultism in separate operations. Firearms, ammunition, and other incriminating exhibits were recovered from the suspects.
In a statement issued by the state police spokesman, SP Daniel Ndukwe, the command said that on 26 April 2026 at about 11:00 a.m., operatives attached to the Command’s Department of Operations, while on routine patrol at Naira Triangle along Abakaliki Road, Enugu, “arrested one Victory Chinecherem Chukwuebuka Anyegbulam, a.k.a. “Aye Sir Alhaji Seun Usman Danfodio” (male, aged 20).”
According to Ndukwe, a search conducted on the suspect “led to the recovery of one cut-to-size gun, two live cartridges, and a substance suspected to be cannabis”. The suspect confessed to being a member of the Neo Black (Aye) Confraternity, the spokesman said.
He said that in a similar operation on 23 April 2026 at about 1:42 p.m., the same operatives “arrested one Uzondu Chiemezie Emmanuel (male, aged 34) along Unity Estate/Loma Linda Road, Enugu”.
He stated that a “locally fabricated Beretta-like pistol was recovered from him. The suspect initially claimed to be a serving member of the Nigerian Air Force but later confessed during interrogation to desertion and dismissal from the Force.”
Ndukwe hinted that investigations “are ongoing, and the suspects will be arraigned in court upon conclusion.”
Meanwhile, he said that the state Commissioner of Police, Mamman Bitrus Giwa, has reiterated the Command’s “commitment to ridding Enugu State of criminal elements and urges members of the public to remain law-abiding, vigilant, and supportive by providing credible information to the Police.”
