As CP Orutugu Orders Heightened Security Surveillance and Raid Operations Across the State
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a suspected member of a proscribed secessionists group following an early morning intelligence-led operation on November 20, 2025, as Police operatives attached to Rapid Response Squad, Awkuzu apprehended one Friday Nnamdi Anyikame, male, 25 years, in Ihiala and recovered 2 (two) pump-action firearms and 29 (twenty-nine) live cartridges.
During interrogation, according to the Anamabra State Police Command Spokesman, SP To Chukwu Ikenga, the suspect confessed to being an active member of an armed group and revealed that he operates from a criminal camp located in Ogbaru LGA.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu while commending the operatives for their swift and coordinated response, has ordered an immediate intensification of security surveillance and targeted raid operations across the State.
He further assured residents that the Command is already closing in on other fleeing members of the gang and is determined to dismantle their criminal network in Anambra.
The CP urges Ndi Anambra to remain vigilant and continue to support the Police with timely and actionable information that will aid ongoing security operations.
