From Jeff Amechi Agbodo, Onitsha
The police in Anambra State have arrested three armed robbers who snatched a tricycle from the owner at Agu-Awka, at the weekend.
The armed robbery gang were intercepted at Neni in Anaocha Local Government Area (LGA), Anambra State, after they snatched the tricycle at Awka.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement, said the gang was smashed following information received from the police in Awka that the gang was fleeing towards Anaocha LGA.
He gave the names of the suspected robbers as Ebuka Madu, aged 22 years, of Umunze; Chinedu Godwin, aged 23 years, from Enugu State, and Udegbunam Chikezie, aged18 years, of Neni, Anambra State.
Ikenga said the police, who were on patrol with the local vigilantes, laid an ambush for the robbers and got them apprehended. Items recovered from the robbers include; one Beretta pistol and one locally made Chief Revolver pistol, 12 rounds of life, and one expended ammunition and the stolen tricycle.
The PPRO said the Commissioner of Police, Aderemi Adeoye, assured members of the public that the confidence reposed in the command for the maintenance of law and order and pursuit of justice shall not be taken for granted. He has directed that the suspects be arraigned in court after a diligent investigation.
However, Ikenga said the police command operatives attached to Abagana Division, had, on Saturday, rescued an aged woman being cruelly treated by a woman at Umudunu village, Abagana. He gave the name of the suspect as Ukamaka Udeugbo, aged 50 years, who turned out to be her biological daughter in a video clip that went viral.
He said the suspect flogged the naked aged woman repeatedly and threw buckets of water on her mother while lying on the floor, and has been arrested and detained for prosecution.
Ikenga said the CP has directed the transfer of the case to State CID in the public interest, and has authorised that the aged woman be handed to the Commissioner for Women Affairs, for adequate care by the state government. He said the suspect would be arraigned in court at the end of the investigation.