No fewer than 700 suspected cultists and 38 suspected armed robbers were arrested in different parts of Anambra in the last three weeks, Mr Garba Umar, the state Commissioner of Police, has said.
Umar disclosed on Sunday in Awka that the arrests were clear signal that Anambra was no longer a safe haven for criminals.
“This number of arrests within three weeks to me was unprecedented and we will sustain the tempo until we flush out all the bad eggs in the state,’’ he said.
He said that the police recovered several types of arms and ammunition from the suspects.
The commissioner said that some of the suspects had been arraigned, while the command was still investigating cases levelled against others.
He said that additional personnel had been deployed in Anambra by the Inspector-General of Police (IG) to beef up the existing security in the…
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