AWKA—THE State Security Service, SSS, yesterday in Awka, Anambra
State, paraded nine persons over alleged robbery in parts of the state.
The suspects included a 23-year-old female, Miss Blessing Orji, who
claimed to be an accounting student of Federal Polytechnic, Oko.
Seven of the suspects, including the girl, hail from villages in Awka, while one is from Awba Ofemili in Awka North.
The last person, Jidenuwa, (19) is from Ondo State and most of them were
said to belong to cult groups that had been terrorizing Awka and its
environs.
The names of the other suspects were given as Chinedu Bosah (20),
Ugochukwu Anekwe (20), Ebuka Nwude (17), Chidiebere Nnatuanya (19),
Tochukwu Eze (18), Ndubuisi Okoye (18), Onyeka Ekweozor (20)
The state director of SSS, Mr. Alex Okeiyi, told newsmen that the
suspects were apprehended on May 13, 2012, during a search in their
hideouts which included a hotel in Awka.
According to Okeiyi, the girl was arrested along with her boy friend
in the hotel where they had spent five days and were paying N5,000 per
night.
He added that during the raid, 25 handsets, many sim cards, internet
modems and laptops, arms and other dangerous weapons were recovered from
them.
He further said preliminary investigation revealed that the
suspects belonged to senior and junior cadres of the dreaded Vikings
Confraternity.
Most of the suspects confirmed their involvement in some robbery
incidents in Awka and its environs, while two claimed that they only
specialized in snatching people’s bags and handsets.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
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