SSS seizes cache of ammunition in Awka.
The State Security Service in Anambra has arrested three suspected armed robbers and seized a cache of arms and ammunition from them.
Some of the arms and ammunition recovered are two general multi-purpose guns, 653 live rounds of ammunition with 416 other live rounds in chains and three pairs of hand gloves.
Displaying the items in Awka, the State Director of SSS, Alex Okeiyi, said the weapons came from a neighbouring state at the early hours of November 20.
Okeiyi, however, said that they were intercepted by a joint team of security forces.
He said, ``At about 1500 hours of the same day in Awka metropolis, the hoodlums, who ordered in the weapons mobilised and came in a red bus to take delivery of the consignment.
The director said the three arrested suspects were assisting the service in its investigation, while preliminary investigations revealed that the gang intended to rob the banks on Ziks Avenue, Awka.
He said that First Bank was to be the first target because it was to take delivery of a large volume of cash on Nov. 21.''
Okeiyi also said two suspects connected to the kidnap of a student at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Mr Charles Aniemeka-Akaa, a final year law student had been arrested.
He said the suspects were arrested in Gwagwalada, FCT, by the command’s operatives with the assistance of FCT command.
During the search operation at the residence of one of the suspects, the a sum of 318,000 fake US Dollars in 100 denominations and charms were recovered.
“An ATM card belonging to one Innocent Idibia, now at large, which was used to withdraw the initial ransom of N1 million paid by the victim’s father among other incriminating items were also recovered,'' Okeiyi said.
The director commended the state government, the Director-General of SSS, the Commander of 302 Artillery Regiment, Ontisha and the State Commissioner of Police for their support.
He said that all the suspects would be prosecuted after investigations.
Governor Peter Obi of Anambra, who was present at the briefing, commended the efforts of the security agencies, and said that the state had not witnessed any bank robbery in the past two years.
Obi said his administration was committed to ensuring security of lives and property, adding that the recently launched security trust fund was aimed at reducing crime to the barest.
He pledged his government’s continued support for the security agencies in the state, noting that his government had made the reduction of crime a priority.
The State Security Service in Anambra has arrested three suspected armed robbers and seized a cache of arms and ammunition from them.
Some of the arms and ammunition recovered are two general multi-purpose guns, 653 live rounds of ammunition with 416 other live rounds in chains and three pairs of hand gloves.
Displaying the items in Awka, the State Director of SSS, Alex Okeiyi, said the weapons came from a neighbouring state at the early hours of November 20.
Okeiyi, however, said that they were intercepted by a joint team of security forces.
He said, ``At about 1500 hours of the same day in Awka metropolis, the hoodlums, who ordered in the weapons mobilised and came in a red bus to take delivery of the consignment.
The director said the three arrested suspects were assisting the service in its investigation, while preliminary investigations revealed that the gang intended to rob the banks on Ziks Avenue, Awka.
He said that First Bank was to be the first target because it was to take delivery of a large volume of cash on Nov. 21.''
Okeiyi also said two suspects connected to the kidnap of a student at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Mr Charles Aniemeka-Akaa, a final year law student had been arrested.
He said the suspects were arrested in Gwagwalada, FCT, by the command’s operatives with the assistance of FCT command.
During the search operation at the residence of one of the suspects, the a sum of 318,000 fake US Dollars in 100 denominations and charms were recovered.
“An ATM card belonging to one Innocent Idibia, now at large, which was used to withdraw the initial ransom of N1 million paid by the victim’s father among other incriminating items were also recovered,'' Okeiyi said.
The director commended the state government, the Director-General of SSS, the Commander of 302 Artillery Regiment, Ontisha and the State Commissioner of Police for their support.
He said that all the suspects would be prosecuted after investigations.
Governor Peter Obi of Anambra, who was present at the briefing, commended the efforts of the security agencies, and said that the state had not witnessed any bank robbery in the past two years.
Obi said his administration was committed to ensuring security of lives and property, adding that the recently launched security trust fund was aimed at reducing crime to the barest.
He pledged his government’s continued support for the security agencies in the state, noting that his government had made the reduction of crime a priority.
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