By Jude Atupulazi
The Anambra State Police Command, in a joint security operation, recorded breakthroughs in Anambra South Senatorial District with the arrest of six suspects, even as it declared a manhunt for a notorious criminal and gunrunner known as ‘Kiss Me’, who terrorizes Oko Community. In the operation, one English pistol and vandalized electric cables were recovered.
A press statement by the Command’s image maker, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the Joint security team, comprising the police and operatives of the Anambra State Vigilante, had continued with their security dominance operations in the three senatorial districts of the state.
‘Following this, the security team has sustained their security offensive in the area, arrested six suspects over armed robbery and vandalism in Oko Community and environs. The operatives have also declared a manhunt for a notorious cultist and gunrunner known as Kiss me. They have also recovered one English pistol and vandalized electric cables in separate operations in the area,’ Ikenga said in the press statement.
He further stated that in the evening of 19th May, 2025, two suspects, namely: Anagor Chinedu, aged 25 years and Anagor Rapuluchukwu, aged 23 years, were arrested at Ifite Village, Oko, with one English Beretta pistol recovered from them.
‘The suspects confessed to being members of Beggars’ Confraternity and mentioned their Armourer as ”kiss me”. Meanwhile, the operatives have launched a manhunt operation aimed at dislodging the criminal group,’ the statement added.
In another development, the operatives responded swiftly to a distress call of some miscreants sighted vandalizing electrical wires at the permanent site of the Federal Polytechnic, Oko and arrested four suspects: Chukwuka Usulor, Chukwuemeka Michael, Ikenna Oke and Ebuka Okeke. The joint operatives recovered some assorted quantities of cable wires, the release stated.
‘The Command remains committed to denying the criminals the space to commit havoc,’ Ikenga concluded.
