By PAMELA EBOH, Awka

Security operatives attached to Nnobi Division, under Ogidi Area Command, in collaboration with Awka-Etiti Vigilante Group, in the early hours of October 13, 2025 arrested one Chiemerie Okeke a notorious motorcycle robbery suspect and two receivers of stolen motorcycles in Iruowelle Village, Awka-Etiti.

The breakthrough followed a report made on October 11, 2025, by a victim, who stated that on the same date, while he was returning home on her black Kata Pen motorcycle with his wife, two young men overtook them around Awka-Etiti town and forcefully snatched the motorcycle.

According to a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Tochukwu Ikenga, on Tuesday, the operatives followed a diligent surveillance and intelligence-led investigation which traced and arrested the suspects, leading to the recovery of the stolen motorcycles.

He listed the recoveries made during the operation to include four Kymco 125 motorcycles reasonably suspected to have been stolen.

Meanwhile, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, has commended the operatives and the Awka-Etiti Vigilante Group for their synergy and swift response.

He urged members of the public to continue to provide timely and credible information to the Police to aid the fight against crime and other social vices in the state.