42-year-old man arrested for allegedly supplying firearms to criminals

Forty-two-year-old Friday Emenike, Alias Ekpo, has been nabbed by the Anambra State Police Command for allegedly renting guns/weapons to criminals for their illegal operations.

The Anambra State Police Command, speaking through its spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement, said the suspect, from Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, was nabbed by police operatives

Ikenga informed that the suspects confessed to the crime during the investigation, adding that the case would be charged to court as soon as the police concluded investigations.

He said, “Police operatives from the Anambra State Police Command have arrested one Friday Emenike, Alias Ekpo ‘M’ 42 years from Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, who allegedly lends guns/weapons to criminals for their illegal operations, especially within Awka and its environs.

“Recall that on 7th December 2024, police operatives attached to the Anti-Cultism Squad, Enugu Ukwu, acting on credible information, raided an identified black spot in Umunaga Village, Awka South Local Government Area, arrested one Okechukwu Chinwuko ‘M’ 27 years from Umunaga Village and Ezenwa Chinedu ‘M’ 22 years from Umuneri Village and recovered one pump action gun, three live cartridges, cutlass, criminal charms, and substances suspected to be hard drugs.

“The operatives also rescued two female victims who the suspects have allegedly forcibly abused sexually.

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“During further interrogations, the suspects confessed that they rent guns/weapons from one Ekpo. This prompted the police operatives to act swiftly and arrest Ekpo.

“The case will be charged to court on the conclusion of the investigations.”