Police parades 6 robbery suspects in Abia ;Police get 2,564 vehicles forion elect

The Federal Government has procured over 2,564 vehicles for the police as part of the facilities needed for the general elections.

Vice President Namadi Sambo, who launched the vehicles in Abuja yesterday, said the procurement was part of the implementation of the police reform programme.

He explained that the programme would enable the police to have the infrastructure needed to ensure the safety of the citizens.

Some of the vehicles commissioned include 170 Nissan NP 300 Hard Body Patrol Pick Up Vans; 129 Nissan Frontier Double Cabin Patrol Vehicles; 50 Nissan Patrol 4WD Jeeps; 10 Toyota Double Cabin Armoured Patrol Van; and four Ford 550 Model 4×4 armoured personnel carriers.

Police parade six robbery suspects

The Abia State Police Command has paraded six suspected armed robbers with a pledge to curb crimes.
Parading the suspects in Umuahia at the weekend, Police Commissioner Adamu Ibrahim said the command took security measures, which resulted in the arrest of over 200 suspects before, during and after the Yuletide.
He said his men, while patrolling Aba-Owerri Expressway, arrested Chinaza Ofoegbu from Isuikwuato with a machete at a black-spot at Aro-Ngwa near Aba.
Ibrahim said an armed robbery suspect, whose name had been on the police watch list, Chimere Eze, aka ‘Nwa Barrister’, had been arrested.
He said the suspect evaded arrest for over three years and was arrested with a locally- made pistol hidden in a brown bag at Asaga village, Arochukwu where he fought his colleagues.
The police commissioner said his men raided Asaeme village, Uratta, Aba and arrested Onyekachi Uchendu of 11D Faulks Road, Aba in a hideout with one unregistered Skygo motorcycle suspected to have been stolen.
He said another armed robbery suspect, Uchenna Ibeawuchi, of Umulolo Olokoro was arrested for possession of a stolen motorcycle.
“On interrogation, he confessed, which led to the recovery of six motorcycles.”
Ibrahim said his men apprehended Enyinnaya Umegbulam for attacking Chibuike Ojiabo and Azubike Paul, both of Ihie Ndume in Umuahia.
According to him, the suspect injured the two with stones, sticks and bottles and stole their phones and money.
Ibrahim said Ojiabo, who was injured, died in hospital while Umegbulam ran away.
“However, my men later arrested him.”
He said the police at Bende Division received a distress call from a citizen at Ozuitem and when they got there, with the help of a vigilance group,  arrested Okorie Dick with a locally-made pistol.
“Efforts are being made to arrest his colleague, Uwalaka Nwokorie, of Ozuitem.”
Ibrahim said the last person paraded was Ezekiel Ogbaa, who was arrested while trying to steal an MTN transformer.
He said the suspect conspired with five others at large, adding that his men recovered a Citroen Jumper bus registered as WER 36 EM, used by the suspects.