The Rivers State Police Command says it has arrested 4 suspected participants of a legal gang allegedly eager about armed theft and kidnapping, with six firearms and 58 rounds of are living ammunition recovered right through the operation.
The command mentioned the arrests adopted an intelligence-driven operation in Rumuekpe, Emohua Native Executive Space, on October 4, 2026, and the following arrest of one of the vital suspects in Owerri, Imo State.
In a commentary issued on Wednesday, the Police Public Members of the family Officer, ASP Agabe Blessing Kaborlo, recognized the suspects as Chinemerem Uchewo, Michael Ishaka, Abdulahi George and Gideon Okah.
The police mentioned initial investigations had related the suspects to reported circumstances of armed theft and kidnapping in Choba, Elele Alimini, Emohua and Rumuekpe communities.
In keeping with the commentary, the suspects additionally confessed to the killing of Joseph Onyeka right through a theft in Rumuji Neighborhood on July 23, 2026, and the taking pictures of a police officer, Inspector Womoma at a police checkpoint alongside the East-West Highway close to Elele Alimini Junction on August 4, 2026.
The firearms recovered come with two AK-47 rifles, two pump-action weapons, an English-made double-barrel rifle and a in the neighborhood made revolver pistol.
The command mentioned it’s pursuing different suspected participants of the crowd, whilst Commissioner of Police Olugbenga Adepoju praised the officials concerned for his or her braveness and professionalism.
Adepoju mentioned the command would proceed intelligence-led operations and investigations to disrupt legal networks and get better unlawful guns.
He warned suspected criminals and their mates to “desist from committing crime, noting that the Command will go away no stone unturned in bringing perpetrators of armed theft, kidnapping and different violent crimes to justice.”
The police commissioner also referred to as on citizens to file suspicious actions promptly, assuring them that data provided to the command could be handled confidentially.