By Jude Atupulazi
The Anambra State Police Command has announced the capture of the suspected killer of a female police officer in Ukpor, Nnewi South LGA of Anambra State, in 2022.
In a press release signed by the Force Image maker, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, Tuesday, the Command said that police operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad/Anti-Kidnapping Unit, acting on credible information, on 25th April, busted a criminal camp at Osumoghu Isieke Village, Ihiala LGA, in which they arrested one Ewulu Chikwo, aged 35.
The release said the suspect and his gang members were planning to enforce an illegal Sit-At-Home in the area the following Monday.
‘During the interrogation of the suspect, he confessed to being a member of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and also among the armed criminals that attacked the Ukpor Divisional Police Headquarters in the year 2022, where a policewoman, Inspector Stella Maris, was gruesomely murdered.
‘Given the above, the Joint Security Force has intensified patrols in the area, even as the State Police Command has equally assured of swift action on any security information, especially as it affects the arrest of other gang members in the area,’ the statement read.
