Police Detain Military Impersonator In Enugu, Recover Firearms

The Police Command in Enugu State has detained two suspects, including a military impersonator and a suspected cultist, for unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition in separate operations.

The command’s spokesperson, SP Daniel Ndukwe, in a statement yesterday in Enugu, said police operatives recovered firearms, ammunition and other incriminating exhibits from the suspects.

Ndukwe said that on April 26 at about 11 a.m., operatives attached to the command’s Department of Operations, while on routine patrol at “Naira Triangle” on Abakaliki Road, Enugu, detained one Victory Anyegbulam, 20.

“A search conducted on him led to the recovery of one cut-to-size gun, two live cartridges, and a substance suspected to be cannabis.

“The suspect confessed to being a member of the Neo Black (Aye) Confraternity,” he said.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the police said in a similar operation on April 23 at about 1:42 p.m., the same operatives detained one Emmanuel Uzondu, 34, along Unity Estate Road, Enugu.

Ndukwe said, “A locally fabricated Beretta-like pistol was recovered from him.

“The suspect initially claimed to be a serving member of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) but later confessed during interrogation to desertion and dismissal from the Force.”

Ndukwe said that investigations were ongoing and the suspects would be arraigned in court upon conclusion.