A cordon-and-search operation by a joint security task
force comprising the State Security Service (SSS),
army, police, navy and National Drug Law Enforce
ment Agency (NDLEA) has led to the discovery of arms
and ammunition at a notorious criminals’ hideout, in
Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
One suspect was also arrested during the operation.
During the operation, a tent erected by criminals in the
bush and their shrine were set ablaze, while a suspect,
who gave his name as Ogbonna was arrested with a
polythene bag containing some quantity of substances
suspected to be Indian hemp. Similarly, police, acting
on a tip-off stormed an uncompleted estate owned by
an overseas-based businessman at Uruagu Nnewi and
recovered one AK47 military rifle, handcuffs, 1,500 live
ammunition and 30 fully loaded magazines.
In a related development, the joint security task force
has raided a suspected baby factory at Odekpe in
Ogbaru Local Government Area and arrested a woman
popularly known as “nurse,” who ran the home with
her agent. The security operatives, according to our
source, rescued three teenage pregnant girls during the
operation.
The bubble burst, the source said, when one of the
pregnant girls was delivered of a baby boy but was
dispossessed of the baby, which made her to raise the
alarm. The source alleged that the baby was later
recovered from the owner of the home by the security
operatives and handed over to the mother.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer
(PPRO), Awka, Mr. Uchenna Eze, a Deputy
Superintendent of Police, confirmed the incidents,
except the joint task force operation at the erosion site
in Nnewi, which he said was not reported to his office.
