Enugu Police Arrest Five for Armed Robbery and Cultism

The Nigeria Police, Enugu State Police Command, arrested five male suspects in separate operations aimed at combating violent crimes. According to spokesman Daniel Ndukwe, on October 7, 2026, at approximately 5:10 a.m., police operatives from Inyi Division responded to a distress call regarding an armed robbery in Umuaor, Umukabia Isiama Awlaw community, Oji-River local government area.

They apprehended 26-year-old Arinze Osita Onwuaso, recovering a locally made cut-to-size single-barrel gun, two live cartridges, and other tools. Additionally, on October 5, 2026, operatives from the Nsukka Sector of the Command’s Anti-Cultism Section arrested two suspected cultists, Jonas Adejo (a.k.a.

J-Money, 24) and Okoro Innocent (a.k.a. Virus, 25), in Umudioka Community, Nsukka, seizing three live rounds of 9mm ammunition.

Both suspects confessed to being members of the Supreme Vikings confraternity. Furthermore, on September 25, 2026, Aninri Division operatives, in collaboration with the Neighborhood Watch Group, arrested 25-year-old Anichebe Ogbonna at a criminal hideout in Amagu Mpu Community, recovering a locally made pistol.