Police Arrest Vigilante Member With Hidden Pump-Action Shotgun In Rice Sack During Robbery Plot

Police Arrest Vigilante Member With Hidden Pump-Action Shotgun In Rice Sack During Robbery PlotThe Anambra State Police Command has arrested a member of a local vigilante group who was caught attempting to escape with a pump-action shotgun, allegedly to join an armed robbery gang.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

The arrest was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement issued on Tuesday in Awka, the state capital. According to Ikenga, the suspect, 25-year-old Enediong Bassey from Ikono Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State, was apprehended on Friday at 6:38 p.m. in Nkwell-Ezunaka. Police operatives from the 33 Police Divisional Headquarters, led by CSP Emeka Obi, acted on credible intelligence to make the arrest.

The police recovered the pump-action gun, which Bassey had hidden inside a bag of rice. During questioning, Bassey admitted to being a member of a local vigilante group and confessed that he was attempting to flee with the firearm to join a criminal gang involved in armed robbery and other illicit activities.

The police spokesman stated that, following this arrest and similar complaints of unprofessional conduct from certain vigilante groups, the Commissioner of Police, Nnaghe Obono Itam, has called for the profiling of all security operatives working alongside the police. This, he emphasized, would help improve safety and ensure accountability.

The CP has also directed the immediate transfer of the suspect to the command’s anti-robbery squad for further investigation.

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