Tension in Obosi over disappearance of 3 arrested armed robbery suspects in Army uniform missing

 www.odogwublog.com reports that there is tension in Obosi, Idemili North Local

Government Area, Anambra state, over the sudden disappearance of arrested three

suspected armed robbers in Army uniform.

The suspects were said to have been arrested by

a local vigilante group at Little Wood Estate, Obosi, while getting

ready to strike.

Consequently, the state Commissioner of Police, CP, Garba Umar, is

said to have directed for immediate investigation of the matter.

The vigilante group, on apprehending the suspects, informed the Obosi Youth Vanguard, a youth

organization established to help rid the community of criminals, Led

by its President, Comrade Gil Oluchukwu Anyaoku, to come and pick the

suspects for onward transfer to the Police.

Two of the suspects, Olisa Dominic,18 years and Friday Nwali, 19

years, are from Ebonyi state while Nwanosike Isaac is from Imo state.

Fielding questions from newsmen,  Comrade Anyaoku stated that, "on the

fateful day being 17th of August, 2018, I was at my work place when I

received a phone call  from somebody at Little Wood Estate, that

Vigilante group there apprehended three criminals on Army uniform,

about to rob. I told him that I could not make it based on the nature

of my work.

I had to call my Vice, Chimezie Ononwu, who came and picked the

suspects to the community town hall in readiness for transfer to the

Ogidi Area Command because we do not have confidence in the Obosi

police personnel especially the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Mr

Usman Ibrahim".

According to Anyaoku as the suspects were kept at the hall waiting for

the handover to the Ogidi Police Area Command, the Police from Obosi

led by one Overt, a sergeant, with some boys came and took the

suspects to Obosi Police Station and since then we have not known

their where-about.

It is the Obosi Police that will tell the where-about of the suspects.

We are a non violent group and do not want to have any

misunderstanding with the police and that was why we handed over the

suspects to them.

It is left for the Police at Obosi to tell the people,  the public and

the world the where-about of the Army  uniformed three suspects

arrested with cutlasses, they have to produce the suspects", he vowed.

In his reaction, Dan Igbokwubili, the President General of

the community, stated that, "the sudden disappearance of the arrested

suspects is a calculated attempt and conspiracy by the DPO and other

bigwigs in the community to avert justice.

He said that "they use non indigenes to perpetuate crime in the

community and in this case we are not going to rest until the suspects

are brought to face justice."

Contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Haruna

Mohammed said the DPO of Obosi when contacted denied Knowledge of the arrest,

However, on further contact to the State Commissioner of Police, Mr

Garba Umar, he said that he has directed for immediate

investigation on the matter.