The Abia State Police Command has arrested two suspects for allegedly vandalising and stealing government property along the Umuahia-Uzuakoli Road axis.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Maureen Chinaka, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, identifying the suspects as 23-year-old Emmanuel Ogonna and 25-year-old Ifeanychukwu Oko, both of Lohom, Uzuakoli, in Bende Local Government Area.
According to the statement, items recovered from the suspects include 49 pieces of angle irons, two saws, three spanners, three small iron boards and 86 electrical poles.
The statement said the suspects were arrested following actionable intelligence.
It read, “Leveraging on actionable intelligence, operatives of the Mike Okiro Divisional Police Headquarters, along Uzuakoli Road on 19/06/2026, during a stop-and-search operation along Uzuakoli Road, apprehended the above-mentioned suspects in an auto-rickshaw (Keke Napep) and recovered from them the items, all suspected to have been vandalised and stolen.”
The command said the suspects made confessional statements, admitting to vandalising and stealing the recovered items.
It added that the case had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for discreet investigation and diligent prosecution.
The Abia Commissioner of Police, Danladi Isa, reaffirmed the command’s commitment to its constitutional mandate of preventing and detecting crime.
He urged members of the public to support security agencies by reporting suspicious persons or activities to the nearest police station.
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