Police arrest three armed robbery suspects, recover gun in Enugu

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a three-man gang of armed robbery suspects that specialises in dispossessing people of their valuables on Udi-Ozalla-Four Corner Road near Enugu.

The spokesman of the command, SP Ebere Amaraizu, in a statement in Enugu on Saturday, said the suspects were nabbed on September 5. Amaraizu said that the arrest was achieved by operatives of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), Enugu State Command.

“The suspects had conspired and robbed an Okada rider of his motorcycle at gun-point on Aug. 28 along Udi-Ozalla-Four Corner Road, having posed as passengers and unknown to the owner that they are armed robbers. “They later escaped to an unknown destination; but following intelligence information, all the suspects were arrested.

“One of the suspects, Ikechukwu Emenike, revealed that he needed to get a motorcycle to convert as a tricycle and to be giving Ugochukwu Esom some money for settlement for assisting him and the person that gave them the gun.”

Amaraizu added that a full scale investigation had commenced on the matter and that the suspects have been helping police operatives in their investigation.

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