The
police in Imo state have paraded three deadly armed robbers and
cultists who are students of the Federal University of Technology in
Owerri.
Three students of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri have
been paraded by the Imo State Commissioner of Police, Chris Okey Ezike,
on Tuesday, June 27 along side others for various crimes ranging from
kidnapping, cultism, stealing, and armed robbery.
Among the suspects paraded are three students of the Federal
University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) arrested for alleged armed
robbery and cult-related offences.
Briefing newsmen at the command’s headquarters in Owerri, Ezike
said the FUTO students identified as Igboerika Ifeanyi Paul, 23; Obodo
John Ifeanyi, 23; and Agumadu Tochukwu, 19, robbed one, O. N. Felix, of
the same institution, at Eziobodo hostel, of a laptop and other
electrical accessories, after attacking him with an axe and other
dangerous weapons.
Items recovered from them included laptop, one axe, 20 SIM cards from different networks, two hammers and four black axes.
Ezike said the effort of the anti-cult unit of his command yielded
results in apprehending the suspects, disclosing that the new approach
adopted by his command such as ‘operation identification, arrest,
detention and prosecution of suspected armed robbers, kidnappers,
cultists and other notorious criminals; and profiling of communities,
organizations/hotels, have yielded fruits.
He also disclosed that other measures, such as forensic technology
in investigation and detection had been helpful in tracking suspected
criminals in the 27 local councils of the state.
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