Police bust criminal gangs in Enugu state, arrest six suspects
Maureen Edozie in Enugu
The Enugu State Police Command have busted criminal gangs and arrested six crime suspects in multiple operations between 25 August and 4 September 2025 for their alleged involvement in various offences in the state.
Penpushing reports that the Command Public Relations Officer Daniel Ndukwe, confirmed this in a statement adding that the suspects were arrested for their alleged involvement in conspiracy, robbery, fraud, and cultism
The police spokesperson, a superintendent of police disclosed that various items, including stolen vehicles, ATM cards and laptops, were recovered from the suspects during the operations.
Penpushing further reports that he explained that the multiple operations began on August 30, 2025, when police operatives attached to the Nsukka Urban Division rescued and then arrested Friday Nwaomege, from a mob along Enugu Road in Nsukka after he and two fleeing accomplices allegedly snatched an ATM card from a male victim.
The Police Public Relations Officer added that Nwaomege sustained mob-inflicted injuries before police intervention, was treated, and currently in custody, explaining that the operatives recovered from the suspect 12 ATM cards of different banks and an ENTRACO-branded minibus used by the suspect and others for their operation.
Penpushing reports that he said, in another operation on September 2,2025, police operatives from the Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad arrested Sunday Ebuka Egbuaba, a suspected Junior Vikings Confraternity member.
“A search at his residence led to the recovery of one HP laptop allegedly stolen from a male victim. His arrest followed the confession of Nnaji Ifeanyi, 23, a Black Axe member already under investigation for conspiracy, burglary, stealing, and cultism,” he said.
Penpushing further reports that Ndukwe said that, within the same period, the police operatives also arrested three suspects while in possession of a minibus and a motorcycle without registration or engine numbers suspected to have been stolen.
The police spokesperson gave identities of the suspects as John Joseph, (34), Kingsley Essien Ubong (40), and Ogbonna Kelvin (43), adding that their arrest followed the confession of one Chinedu Onwuka, earlier arrested in May 2025 for a similar offence.
“Their arrest followed the confession of one Chinedu Onwuka, earlier arrested in May 2025 for a similar offence, arraigned, and remanded. Efforts are ongoing to arrest fleeing gang members and recover more exhibits. The suspects will be charged in court upon conclusion of investigations’, he added.
Penpushing also reports that the Commissioner of Police Bitrus Giwa, has reassured residents of the state that the police were committed to rid the state of criminals and urged Nigerians to remain law-abiding, vigilant, and support the police in the efforts to fight criminality in the country.
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