The Police Commissioner in Anambra, Garba Umar, gave the assurance on Friday in Awka, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.
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According to Garba, the suspect abducted the minor near her residence at Hausa Quarters, Asaba and kept her in custody for two days at Okpoko in Onitsha.
Umar made the appeal when he spoke with the news Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Awka on the crucial 2018 World Cup qualifier against the Chipolopolo of Zambia at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo.
The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Garba Umar, said the dismissed policeman, Kenneth Chikwe, was arrested in Awka with bullet wounds after he allegedly dispossessed two people of Range Rover Sport Vehicle and Hilux Jeep at gunpoint.
Umar, who doubles as the Chairman of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Security in the state, gave the assurance during the meeting of the Committee at the Independent National Electoral Commission headquarters in Awka.
The suspect, who hailed from Ifite-Awka in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra, was arrested following information made available to the police by a vigilant resident of the community.
The appointment is deserving as the record showed that Umar is a seasoned sports administrator and security expert, a statement by Anthony Oji, Chimezie Anaso, Chairman and Secretary of SWAN, said.
Umar told newsmen on Monday that the number of arrest would not be disclosed so as not to jeopardise ongoing investigation into the massacre of 11 persons by unknown gunmen.
The governor expressed grief over the death of the worshippers, describing the attack as “barbaric, sacrilegious and totally unacceptable”, while also debunking speculations of possible invasion.
Umar told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Awka that the arrests were clear signal that Anambra State was no longer a safe haven for criminals.
Umar said: “On the night of June 22, 2017, the suspect while on duty as a security guard, on the premises of a distributor to NBL located along Oko road, Ekwulobia in Aguata Local Government Area, killed a person yet to be identified.
The Commissioner of Police, Garba Umar, said this in Awka while reacting to the call by the Indigenous People of Biafra on residents of the state to boycott the November 18 governorship election.
Badmos confirmed this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Thursday
The Umar Campaign organization in a statement signed by his Director General, Ahmed Yusuf, described the allocation of various Peoples Democratic Party election tickets under the watch of some members of the National Working Committee as unlawful and not reflective of the wishes of the people
The statement, signed by the Director General of the campaign organisation, Ahmed Yusuf, said the new aspirant has neither bought a nomination form nor was screened for the election and has never declared any interest to contest the gubernatorial election
The students, under the umbrella of Taraba State Students Movements, said its decision to resort to pray for the former acting governor follows his giant strides in the areas education and youth development during his two years administration
The Umar Gubernatorial Campaign Organization in a statement on Wednesday said the state government resorted to the infamous plot to ensure that Umar is denied every opportunity to participate in the governorship election after all other plans had failed to stop him
The Media Adviser to the Acting Governor, Aaron Artimas, who confirmed this in Jalingo, said that the forms were delivered to the acting governor at his official lodge in Wuse II, Abuja
A group under the aegis of Community Mobilization of the Youth of Vision Nigeria has called on the displaced people of Southern Taraba to come back to their respective homes as they are now prepared to defend their towns
This was contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Garvey Yawe, and made available to newsmen on Monday in Jalingo, the state capital