Police Parade Six Suspected Notorious Criminals …Recover Caches Of Military Wears, Ammunition

In a sustained onslaught against criminality, banditary, kidnapping and other social vices, operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested six suspected notorious criminals for their involvement in criminal activities across the State.
The police also displayed caches of recovered military uniforms and ammunition as well as sophiscated military rifles allegedly used by the suspected criminals in carrying out their nefarious operations in the State.
Among those paraded by the State Commissioner of Police, CP Olatunji Disu include a fake police Inspector, one Fred Monday, a native of Khana Local Government Area of the State who dressed in a full police comouflage uniform and five other criminal gang of assassins who were allegedly responsible for the killing of a traditional ruler in Mgbuosimini community in the State .
Parading the suspects before journalists at the police headquarters in Port Harcourt, yesterday, the State Commissioner of Police told journalists that the five other suspected criminals were among the criminal gangs of late Daddy Chukwu that allegedly murdered the late Mgbuosimini CDC Chairman, Chief Ndidi Livingston on 13th January, 2024 in front of Peculiar Faith Ministry Church, Rumueme in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the State.
Disu further disclosed that after the killing of the community chief last year, he drafted a team of operatives from FID Intelligence Response team of the command to swing into action with a view to apprehending the gang, adding that those allegedly arrested were spotted out from a viral video that captured the gruesome killing of the traditional ruler as well as the mastermind and the kingpin of the gang, late Daddy Chukwu.
He gave the names of the suspects as Sunday Godspower, Ifeanyi Nwadike, Success Oge, Chigemezu Anochirimoyanya and Ogolo Promise. Others include Chimezie Adiele, Adebayo Adebayo, John Lucas and Nnamdi Emmanuel, alias BYC.
The police boss stressed that during the investigation, four of the suspects, John Lucas ‘m’, Nnamdi Emmanuel, m ‘, Ogolo Promise ‘m’ and Adebayo Adebayo ‘m’ led operatives to one of their camps at Pipeline, Aluu village where the police recovered cache of weapons and added that while the police operatives were approaching the camp, they were attacked by other gang members.
“The suspects attempted to escape but in the ensuing ambush were caught in the crossfire. The hoodlums were eventually overpowered, and rushed to UPTH for medical attention. The doctor confirmed them dead, and they were deposited in the UPTH morgue for autopsy. The suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded,” he said.
The state police commissioner disclosed that the arm and ammunition recovered during the operations include two AK-47 rifles; one Assault rifle; two SMG rifles; one Shotgun rifle; 10 magazines; 150 rounds of live ammunition and one pistol.
He averred that efforts are in top gear to apprehend more suspects in connection with the killing of Daddy Chukwu.

Akujobi Amadi