{"id":161731,"date":"2025-05-08T22:55:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T21:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-arrest-228-suspects-in-enugu"},"modified":"2025-05-08T23:58:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T22:58:32","slug":"police-arrest-228-suspects-in-enugu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-arrest-228-suspects-in-enugu","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest 228 suspects in Enugu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested no fewer than 228 suspects in two months for various crimes ranging from kidnapping, murder, armed robbery and vandalism.<\/p>\n<p>In a press briefing on Thursday in Enugu, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Mamman Giwa, said that the arrests were part of the command\u2019s efforts to combat crime and ensure the state remains safe for citizens, investors and visitors.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioner disclosed that 33 kidnapped victims had been rescued, and 44 firearms, including ammunition, had been recovered.<\/p>\n<p>He said 20 vehicles are also among items recovered from the suspects.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the breakdown of the arrests includes 33 suspects linked to kidnapping, 12 to murder, six to firearms-related offenses, five to rape, 42 to armed robbery, 44 to cult-related activities and 149 to stealing and vandalism.<\/p>\n<p>Among those arrested is one Oluchi Odoh, 26, for the murder of her younger sister, Chinelo Odoh, 23, while she was sleeping.<\/p>\n<p>\u201con April 2, 2025, police operatives attached to Igbo-Eze North Division arrested one Oluchi Odoh, 26, for the murder of her younger sister, Chinelo Odoh, 23, while she was sleeping.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt about 2:40 a.m., the suspect left her room and attacked her mother, her sister and the same sister\u2019s 7-year-old son with an axe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were rushed to the hospital, where Chinelo was confirmed dead, while the others are currently responding to treatment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspect confessed and, upon the conclusion of the investigation by the Homicide Section of the State CID, was charged to court and remanded in the Correctional Custodial Centre,\u201d the commissioner said.<\/p>\n<p>The police boss noted that acting on intelligence, operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Tactical Squad rescued a 4-year-old girl child in Abia State on March 25, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was stolen on March 15, 2025, by her family\u2019s neighbour, Esther Adejo, 55, who was later arrested in Edo State on March 23, 2025. Her accomplice, Onyinye Benjamin, 62, was also arrested in Abia State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEsther Adejo had rented an apartment in the same compound as the victim\u2019s parents in Ede-Oballa, Nsukka LGA, and kidnapped the child barely two weeks later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth suspects confessed, and the case has been charged to court,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioner urged citizens to be law-abiding and report any criminal activity to the security operatives, assuring that the command remained committed to ensuring the safety and security of the state.<\/p>\n<p>He said the arrests and recoveries are a testament to the command\u2019s dedication to combating crime and maintaining peace in Enugu State.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested no fewer than 228 suspects in two months for various crimes ranging from kidnapping, murder, armed robbery and vandalism. In a press briefing on Thursday in Enugu, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Mamman Giwa, said that the arrests were part of the command\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":161730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[662,254,17157],"class_list":["post-161731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-enugu","tag-nigeria","tag-police-arrest-2l88"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police arrest 228 suspects in Enugu - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested no fewer than 228 suspects in two months for various crimes ranging from ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-arrest-228-suspects-in-enugu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police arrest 228 suspects in Enugu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested no fewer than 228 suspects in two months for various crimes ranging from ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-arrest-228-suspects-in-enugu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-08T21:55:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-08T22:58:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1746732548.777607.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-arrest-228-suspects-in-enugu#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-arrest-228-suspects-in-enugu\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Police arrest 228 suspects in Enugu\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-08T21:55:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-08T22:58:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-arrest-228-suspects-in-enugu\"},\"wordCount\":415,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-arrest-228-suspects-in-enugu#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1746732548.777607.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Enugu\",\"Nigeria\",\"Police arrest 2l88\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-arrest-228-suspects-in-enugu#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-arrest-228-suspects-in-enugu\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-arrest-228-suspects-in-enugu\",\"name\":\"Police arrest 228 suspects in Enugu - 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