In Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area, the Anambra State Police Command neutralized a kidnap kingpin and detained some of the gang’s members.
Chinedu Ajogu, better known as Sampolo, was revealed as the kingpin, who had been terrorizing the state with his criminal gangs.
Tochukwu Ikenga, the state Police Public Relations Officer, said the operation was predicated on the arrest of one of the gang members, also named Emeka.
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Emeka, according to Ikenga, led the police squad to the gang’s stronghold in Oba in the state’s Idemili South Local Government Area.
Ikenga said, “Based on intelligence gathered which indicated the location of a kidnap victim in Neni town in Anaocha Local Government Area, police operatives working with the vigilante stormed the location on Sunday and rescued the victim and arrested one Emeka, who was suspected of complicity in the crime.
“Upon interrogation, he confessed to the crime and led the detectives to the hideout of the other gang members in Oba, Idemili South LGA, where detectives engaged the gangsters in a shoot out.”
“The gang leader, one Chinedu Ajogu, (a.k.a. Sampolo) was gunned down and five others including their native doctors were arrested.
One SMG rifle, one Beretta handgun, two locally manufactured revolver pistols, one dagger, one Biafran flag, two pairs of ESN flags, two pairs of ESN uniforms, two web belts, two berrets, different charms, and one Akura SUV taken from a victim were among the goods discovered.”
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He went on to say that four of the abducted victims had been freed, and that their ages ranged from 40 to 60.
The suspects in the assassination of a politician, including a local doctor, are now in detention and are being interrogated in order to learn more about their involvement in earlier crimes, according to the police.
Ikenga said, “More suspects are being arrested in connection with criminal activities and killings in the state and very soon, the police will unveil them to the public after investigations have been concluded.”
Similarly, the police confirmed the burning down of a vigilante van at the Nkpor junction, where some hoodlums had attacked some men of the vigilante team late on Sunday.
“The hoodlums, while fleeing from the police came across a van parked by the Vigilante team at Nkpor. The hoodlums thought it was a police van and they shot the fuel tank area of the vehicle and the vehicle caught fire,” Ikenga said.
He added that a manhunt has been launched by all security agencies in the country to apprehend those behind the heinous act.
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“Those who attacked innocent people worshipping in the house of God are the enemies. They are nothing more than cowardly savages and animals. I can assure however that the entire security
system of Nigeria is on the trail of the enemies that sneaked in on us to wreak this havoc. We are on their trail, they will be apprehended and made to pay dearly for this unprovoked attack.”
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