By Kamsi Anayo, Awka
Ahead of Nov. 8 Anambra state guber election, the State Police Command, has arrested a 29 year-old suspected political thug and notorious cultist Onyeaka Odogwu aka Red Angel and recovered several incriminating items from him.
The items are two Pump Action Guns, two English Double-Barrel Guns, three Live Cartridges, Red Cloth and Regalia Bearing Cult Insignia and three Black Caps and two Red Caps with inscriptions associated with Vikings Confraternity.
SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the Command’s Public Relations Officer in a statement on Sunday, said the arrest was made on Oct. 24 , at about 11:30hrs, following an intelligence-led operation by operatives of the Special Anti-Cult Squad (SPACS) Enugu-Ukwu.
During interrogation, the suspect confessed to being a member of the Vikings Confraternity and also linked himself to activities involving political thuggery.
Also Following his confession, the suspect in early hours today Oct. 26, led SPACS operatives to their Armoury at Omor, where the above mentioned exhibits were recovered.
Ikenga said the recovered exhibits had been documented as evidence, while further investigations aimed at tracking and apprehending other gang members and associates mentioned by the suspect are currently ongoing.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, reaffirms that the Command will not allow cult groups, armed gangs, or political thugs to threaten the peace and electoral stability of the State.
He urged parents, community leaders, and youth groups to discourage young people from being recruited into cult-related activities, while assuring Ndi Anambra of enhanced security deployment across all Local Government Areas.
