Anambra Police Arrest Most Wanted Criminal, Five Others for Burning Station

Police in Anambra State have arrested a notorious armed robbery kingpin, Ikechukwu Udensi also known as Ikanda who was declared wanted last year for killing a trader in Onitsha, Ndubuisi Nwokolo.

Udensi, who is notorious around Onitsha axis, and also has several boys working for him, had last year allegedly murdered the 38 years old business man in broad daylight for attempting to save a commercial motorcyclist conveying him from being extorted by Udensi and his boys.

N1million bounty was place on him by the Anambra State Government for anyone who can provide information that can lead to his arrest as he was said to be powerful and also works for several top politicians in the state who always effected his release, each time he was arrested.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mustapha Dandaura, who paraded Udensi before journalists, said he was arrested last Sunday in Onitsha, following a tip off when he sneaked into the town to collect proceeds of illegal toll from his men.

Dandaura said: “We had launched an aggressive manhunt for him after the killing in June 2018, and on March 31, 2019, following painstaking intelligence and strategic planning, police operatives attached to command operation Udoka and special Anti-Robbery Squad(SARS) raided criminal hideout at Menax near flyover in Onitsha and arrested the notorious suspect.”

The commissioner also paraded five men-Abuchi Nwogwu, Okwudili Nwanne, Mmaduabuchi Obia, Chiedozie Orah and Ekechi Chukwuemeka-who were said to have set blaze a police station in Ajalli, Orumba South LGA shortly before the general election and carted away three AK 47 riffles.

Dandaura said the men who are suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) had during the incident also wounded a police DCO.

“Upon interrogation, the suspects took police operatives to their criminal hideout and one AK47 riffle with breech number KO3588792 which was carted at the police station was recovered.

“Also, one Chimaobi Amauwa, 25, suspected to be a member of a robbery gang which operates around Onitsha axis was also paraded.

“The suspects owned up to the crime, except Udensi, who insisted that the killing of the business man was done by his boys and not him,” he said.

Dandaura said investigations were ongoing in all the cases, and that the suspects would be charged to court for prosecution afterwards.