Tension In Umuawulu Community Over Shooting , As Criminals On The Run In Anambra

                                            

There was tension in Onitsha and environs today as members of the Joint Military operations inaugurated by Governor Willie Obiano took over the state literally especially Onitsha, Nkpor, and Awkuzu junction.

The Nation observed that they were strategically positioned as if waiting for a fleeing team of robbers for several hours without talking to anyone but busy and at alert.

Meanwhile there was tension in Umuawulu as political touts masquerading as vigilant men went on shooting spree and hijacking vehicles belonging to the community’s vigilante group.

Shortly after observing them in various junctions in Onitsha , Obosi and Nkpor information filtered in that one  Omezie Chukwura,  a prominent estate agent from Obosi community in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state was arrested He was one-time chairman of Obosi Land Committee. Why he was arrested was not known as at press time.

Chukwura the Nation leant was picked up by the DIG team at his home town, Obosi for various alleged criminal offences levied against him.  

Leader of the Federal SARS team, Chris Ezike told newsmen at the Onitsha Police Area Command Headquarters, that he was aware of the arrest and declined further comments.

State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Emeka Chukwuemeka DSP, declined comment on the arrest in a telephone chat yesterday as according to him, Chukwura was arrested by the DIG team and not the state police command.

But commenting on the arrest, Igwe Iweka commended the IGP for dispatching such powerful police teams to the state to launch this onslaught against criminal elements in the state, adding that the police should carry out thorough investigations to ascertain the level of commitment of those under arrest during interrogation.

The monarch who admitted that criminal activities are on the increase in Obosi, therefore urged the police to put more efforts in fishing out all the criminal suspects that have been terrorizing the community and even himself, to the extent that there have been two botched attempts on his life, while some other innocent indigenes have been killed.

Also speaking, some prominent indigenes of Obosi, Chief Charles Umolu, a director in Keystone Bank and chairman of Obosi community bank and Chief Guy Okechukwu, an Estate surveyor and valuer, said they learnt that the kingpins of terror in Obosi have been arrested by the DIG team and expressed the hope that the police would do their job of sanitizing the state.

They expressed satisfaction that God has at last sent a neutral police team to come to Anambra and rescue them from the bondage of some of these  alleged criminals who had had a free reign over the years, adding that they even have a chronicle of the activities of these men who had posed themselves as being above the law and 'untouchables'.

Outside Obosi like Ndiokplaeke in Orumba North where children kidnapped from only God knows where were killed because their parents could not bring ransom have all the bad eggs swept off.

All the touts engaging in criminality in Onitsha are now on the run while those unaware of the arrival of the special police teams in the state have been arrested and are now being grilled for various allegations ranging from land speculation, cultism, ritual murder, kidnapping, armed robbery and arms running.

Traditional ruler of Obosi community, His Majesty, Igwe Chidubem Iweka and some of his cabinet members are fingered as having named those to pick.

This exercise is coming barely a week after the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Abubakar dispatched a crack teams of policemen from the police high command led by a Deputy Inspector-General of Police, DIG, Jonathan Johnson, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police AIG, in charge of Zone 9, Umuahia, Ballah Nasarawa and the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Chris Ezike, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, as well as OC SARS Anambra state James Nwafor to pursue criminals away from Anambra for Governor Willie Obiano to work effectively since security is his priority.

In the last three weeks the OC SARS Anambra state , James Nwafor and his men have harvested men  hoodlums  believed to be terrorizing the state arresting over 30 armed robbers and supplier of arms and ammunition.