A notorious gang that has been terrorising and
causing havoc in the Nanka Community of Orumba
North Council Area of Anambra State, has been
dismantled by the police from the locality, but not
without recording a casualty as the Divisional Police
Officer (DPO), for Ajali Division, was ambushed by the
gang who stripped him naked and chopped off one of
his ears, Vanguard reports.
According to a statement released by the State Police
Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Akwuzu Okechukwu,
the DPO had led his team to raid the den of the gang
and at the end of the raid, three leaders of the gang,
Ifedilichukwu Nwankwo, Chidi Nwankwo and Udoye
Kenechukwu, were nabbed after previous attempts by
the Force Criminal Investigations Department (Force
CID), Abuja and Zone 9 Headquarters, Umuahia, had
failed to apprehend them.
“On 17/02/2016 at about 9am hours, one Okechukwu
Udezuka of Oraifite and Ebuka, surname unknown,
were shot dead at Tarzan, Nkpor, by a gang of armed
robbers. In the course of investigation, two persons
namely Emamanuel Nwabudu, Chigozie Nweke, a.k.a
Achito, were arrested.
The suspects named one Ifedilichukwu Nwankwo of
Nanka and others as those that attacked and killed
Okechukwu Udezuka and Ebuka. Every attempt to
arrest Ifedidilichukwu and his gang members proved
abortive. The gang burnt down a police Hilux Jeep
during an arrest in the community.
On 20/06/2016, a team led by the DPO, was ambushed
at Nanka by the gang when they went to effect arrest.
The DPO was robbed of his handset and sums of
money.
He was stripped naked and one of his ears chopped
off. Equally, his official uniform was torn to shreds.
The DPO, who narrowly escaped death, is currently
receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital,” the
statement said.
According to the police spokesman, the arrest of the
gang members is a big plus for the police as they had
been terrorizing Nanka and its environs for years and
were linked to several robberies, kidnapping, rape
and murders in the region.
