Nigeria: Lady storms Anambra Police HQ, distinguishes gunman who raped, looted her at gunpoint
By Ahmad Hadizat Omayoza, Mamos Nigeria
A 24-year-old alumni of the Nnamdi Azikiwe College, Awka (name kept) has claimed that a suspect currently in police custody burglarized and assaulted her at gunpoint at a lodging in Awka, the Anambra State capital, on July 11, 2023.
The victim likewise recognized her telephone among the telephones recuperated from the suspect when she came to stop a grievance at the Power Base camp in Awka on Tuesday.
The suspect, who gave his name as Akuchieani Echezona, a male occupant of Ifite Awka, was incapacitated and captured at a famous lodging in Awka in July 20 by a group of observation agents from the Anambra State Police Order.
He was consequently arrested at the State Criminal Examination Division, where he has been making confession booth explanations.
Following the distribution of the suspect’s photograph, the casualty raged the Power Base camp and distinguished the suspect and her taken telephone among the telephones in his control.
She expressed that the suspect was among the lawbreakers that stole her when she boarded a tricycle along Ifite to Fragrance Intersection in Awka on July 11.
She said the suspect and his posse took her to a lodging inside the region, confiscated her of her own effects and assaulted her before she was permitted to go.
The state police representative, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, affirmed the turn of events, adding that the suspect conceded to ransacking the casualty at gunpoint however denied the assault charge.
Ikenga said, “Following the distribution of an image of the shooter captured at a well known inn in Awka two days prior by the Anambra State Police Order, a 24-year-old alumni of Nnamdi Azikiwe College has approached to charge that the suspect looted and assaulted her at gunpoint at one more lodging in Awka on July 11, 2023.
“She expressed that the suspect was among the hoodlums that kidnapped her when she boarded a tricycle along Ifite to Fragrance Intersection on 10/7/2023, took her to a lodging inside the region, confiscated her of her own possessions and assaulted her before she was permitted to go.
“The person in question, who looked damaged, recognized her telephone among the telephones recuperated from the suspect.
“At the point when examined on the new claim, the suspect conceded to looting the casualty at gunpoint, however denied the assault charge. He additionally gave names of his two accessories.”
He added that two additional guns have been recuperated from the suspect through the administration of the inn he stopped.
“The executives of one more inn where the suspect stopped, on seeing the police distribution, had alarmed the Police that the suspect held up in one of the lodgings before his capture at another inn.
“Criminal investigators then continued to the inn and looked through the room where he stopped, just to find two more Berreta Guns among his belongings.
“Data has been gotten that the suspect is liable for the homicide of something like two people in discrete occurrences in Awka over the most recent three months,” Ikenga said.
He, in any case, expressed that the Chief of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye, has requested analysts to investigate every possibility in their examination to safeguard society and get equity for survivors of the suspect’s supposed violations.
He likewise encourages occupants to report dubious people and strange developments they might see to the closest police headquarters, through the order crisis number 112, or call 07039194332 for a brief reaction.
He said the suspect is to be charged in court after the examination is finished up.
