{"id":166302,"date":"2025-06-09T22:58:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T21:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-rescue-robbery-suspect-from-irate-mob-in-enugu"},"modified":"2025-06-10T00:17:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T23:17:26","slug":"police-rescue-robbery-suspect-from-irate-mob-in-enugu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-rescue-robbery-suspect-from-irate-mob-in-enugu","title":{"rendered":"Police rescue robbery suspect from irate mob in Enugu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Enugu State Police Command has rescued an armed robbery suspect from irate mob and recovered a locally made pistol from him.<\/p>\n<p>The command\u2019s Public Relations Officr, SP Daniel Ndukwe, said this in a statement on Monday in Enugu. Ndukwe stated that the suspect was rescued from the mob on June 8, at about 8:00 pm in the Independence Layout area of Enugu.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the rescue followed credible intelligence by a combined team of police operatives from the Independence Layout Division, Anti-Cultism Squad, working in collaboration with members of the Neighbourhood Watch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA locally fabricated pistol was recovered from him, while his cohorts reportedly fled the scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspect, who sustained severe injuries inflicted by the irate mob, is currently receiving medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe allegedly confessed to being a member of the Black Axe Confraternity, while discreet investigations are ongoing to apprehend his fleeing accomplices,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The police image maker also said that the state\u2019s Commissioner of Police, Mr Mamman Giwa, had commended the swift and collaborative efforts of the police operatives and community members that led to the arrest and recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Ndukwe said that the commissioner, however, strongly cautioned against mob actions and jungle justice, adding that such acts undermined proper investigation and the delivery of justice in criminal cases.<\/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. Enugu State Police Command has rescued an armed robbery suspect from irate mob and recovered a locally made pistol from him. The command\u2019s Public Relations Officr, SP Daniel Ndukwe, said this in a statement on Monday in Enugu. Ndukwe stated that the suspect was rescued from the mob on June 8, at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":166301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[662,254,165],"class_list":["post-166302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-enugu","tag-nigeria","tag-police"],"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 rescue robbery suspect from irate mob in Enugu - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Enugu State Police Command has rescued an armed robbery suspect from irate mob and recovered a locally made pistol 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-rescue-robbery-suspect-from-irate-mob-in-enugu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police rescue robbery suspect from irate mob in Enugu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Enugu State Police Command has rescued an armed robbery suspect from irate mob and recovered a locally made pistol from ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-rescue-robbery-suspect-from-irate-mob-in-enugu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-09T21:58:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-09T23:17:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749498478.365041.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-rescue-robbery-suspect-from-irate-mob-in-enugu#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-rescue-robbery-suspect-from-irate-mob-in-enugu\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Police rescue robbery suspect from irate mob in Enugu\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-09T21:58:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-09T23:17:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-rescue-robbery-suspect-from-irate-mob-in-enugu\"},\"wordCount\":234,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-rescue-robbery-suspect-from-irate-mob-in-enugu#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749498478.365041.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Enugu\",\"Nigeria\",\"Police\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-rescue-robbery-suspect-from-irate-mob-in-enugu#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-rescue-robbery-suspect-from-irate-mob-in-enugu\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-rescue-robbery-suspect-from-irate-mob-in-enugu\",\"name\":\"Police rescue robbery suspect from irate mob in Enugu - 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