*Impersonation Alleged
*Suspected Cultist Also Arrested
*Cops Recover Firearms, Ammunition In Separate Operations
By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu
Enugu State Police Command arrested two suspects, including a military impersonator, for unlawful possession of firearms, ammunition, impersonation, and cultism.
Firearms, ammunition, and other incriminating exhibits were recovered from the suspects in separate operations.
A statement by the Command’s spokesman, Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed these.
It stated that on 26 April, 2026 at about 11:00 a.m., operatives attached to the Command’s Department of Operations, while on routine patrol at Naira Triangle, along Abakaliki Road, Enugu, arrested one Victory Chinecherem Chukwuebuka Anyegbulam (a.k.a. “Aye Sir Alhaji Seun Usman Danfodio”), male, aged 20.
According to the statement, a search conducted on him led to the recovery of a gun cut to size, two live cartridges, and a substance suspected to be cannabis.
The suspect confessed to being a member of the Neo Black (Aye) Confraternity, a cult group, Ndukwe further disclosed.
In a similar operation on 23 April, 2026 at about 1:42 p.m., the same operatives arrested one Uzondu Chiemezie Emmanuel (male, aged 34) along Unity Estate/Loma Linda Road, Enugu, the statement added.
A locally fabricated Beretta-like pistol was recovered from him.
The suspect initially claimed to be a serving member of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) but later confessed, during interrogation, to desertion and being dismissed from the service, Ndukwe stated.
Investigations are ongoing, and the suspects will be arraigned in court upon conclusion,he added.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mamman Bitrus Giwa reiterated the Command’s commitment to ridding the state of criminal elements and urged members of the public to remain law-abiding, vigilant, and supportive by providing credible information to the Police.
*PHOTO CAPTION: Some of the recovered items.
