Anambra:Armed Robbers cart away goods worth millions

Unknown persons suspected to be burglars have broken into shops at the multi-million naira Nkwo Nnewi
main market in Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State, allegedly carting away goods and cash worth millions of naira, without challenge from any quarter.

The burglars who were suspected to have come in large numbers in the wee hours of the night, defied all security measures in place and allegedly broke into several stalls and carted away unspecified quantities of goods and amount of money from three zones in the market.

Asked why the market was invaded, despite what the stakeholders called water-tight security in Nkwo market, chairman of the market, Mr Austin Jideofor, said the stakeholders were yet to believe that thieves could invade the market.

He added that the stakeholders were still investigating the incident to ascertain whether it was ghosts that carried out the operation or humans.

Jideofor, who disclosed that the burglary was yet to be reported to the police at the time of filing this report, said the market authorities had conducted internal investigations and would soon make their findings known.

However, the victims of the burglary whose goods and cash were stolen, are still complaining bitterly as at the time the stakeholders were having a meeting with the vigilante groups within the market in respect of the incident.

Nkwo Nnewi market had been engulfed in leadership crisis which made the former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi to set up a caretaker committee under the chairmanship of Mr. Ethel Ijenwa to handle the affairs of the market for a few months, pending when election would be conducted.