This declaration was made by the APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, during the inauguration of the party’s Anambra 2025 Governorship Election Campaign Council, held Tuesday at the party’s state headquarters in Awka. Inaugurating the council for APC’s governorship candidate, Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu, Yilwatda said the party would deploy all necessary electoral strategies to ensure […]
The suspect, identified as Okwuchukwu Ezimuo, was arrested by operatives of the Anambra State Police Command after he reportedly stabbed 65-year-old Joseph Dike in the chest during a heated argument over family land on Monday evening, September 22. Police reports indicate that the victim collapsed at the scene and was rushed to a nearby hospital, […]
The OCHA Brigade is a state-run enforcement agency in Anambra, tasked with ensuring environmental sustainability, enforcing government policies on cleanliness, order, and discipline, and improving the overall health of the state. Eyewitness near the scene and a trader in the market who identified herself as Chinwendu said, “The incident occurred this morning as some traders were […]
In a statement released by the spokesman for the command, Tochukwu Ikenga, the suspects, identified as Nmesoma Nwoye, female, aged 23 years, and Chibuike Ogbu, male, aged 24 years, were arrested after intelligence-led operations uncovered that the supposed victim conspired with Chibuike (her boyfriend) to stage her own abduction. Ikenga said that the suspects initially […]
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the scheme described the incident as “unfortunate and unacceptable,” stressing that there was no justification for the actions of the vigilante operatives. “Management strongly condemns the unacceptable and dehumanising manner in which the operatives conducted their operations, irrespective of their initial justification for the purported investigation they set out […]
The police spokesperson in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. In one of the cases, Ikenga, a superintendent of police, stated, a suspect named Emmanuel Sampson allegedly lured the eight-year-old daughter of his neighbour under the pretence of giving her food, and then raped her. The spokesperson said the case […]
Reports indicates that four polling agents working for the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Azuka Okwuosa, were allegedly arrested and taken away by the Chairman of Ekwusigo Local Government Area with the support of a community leader in Ozubulu. The incident sparked protests from local youths, who accused the All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA-led government […]
This decision was reached during its regular weekly meeting which reviewed the ongoing preparation for the forthcoming off-cycle governorship election in Anambra State and further update on applications for registration by new political parties. The Commission said it is pleased with the turnout of registrants in Anambra State and the peaceful conduct of the CVR […]
The police also rescued a kidnapped driver and recovered a truck loaded with custard powder worth N9.5 million and arrested three suspects involved in the criminal act. This was disclosed in a statement released by the command spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga. Ikenga added that joint security teams attached to various police divisions, including vigilante operatives, carried […]
The CP made the presentation during the Command’s monthly meeting at the CP’s Conference Hall of the Command Headquarters. He said the package was under the Group Life Assurance and Inspector-General of Police Family Welfare Schemes. Those honoured include an Inspector who was mistakenly fatally shot by a friendly Force at a Police Observation Point […]