PROACTIVE POLICING: Suspect in Court and Remanded for Shocking Reason

Riding on the proactive and forward-looking policing strategies devised by the Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, *CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, psc (+)*, Police Operatives serving in the Command's Central Police Station (CPS), working with members of the Neighbourhood Watch Group, on March 13, 2024, at about 2:20 p.m., arrested one Ikenna Chiege 'm', aged 28, at New Jerusalem, Bunker Camp 2, Coal Camp, Enugu. 

According to a press release by the Enugu State Command Police Public Relations Officer DSP Daniel Ndukwe on Friday 15th March, 2024,  "The team recovered from him a toy pistol concealed in his waist and wielded with intent to rob unsuspecting victims."

Investigations reveal that the suspect and accomplices at large have been on the watchlist of the Police for their involvement in several cases of armed robbery, burglary, and stealing perpetrated in Coal Camp and other parts of Enugu metropolis.

The suspect was accordingly arraigned in the Enugu North Magistrate Court of Enugu State today, March 15, 2024, and remanded in the Correctional Custodial Centre.