Rape Victim Identifies Gunman as Police Recover Ammunition

A 24-year-old graduate of Nnamdi Azikiwe University has identified a gunman who robbed and raorf her at gunpoint in a hotel on the 11th of July 2023 in Awka.

She made the revelation when the Anambra State Police Command arrested a gunman in an unidentified popular hotel in Awka on the 23rd of July, 2023 when the suspect was paraded by the police.

A statement by DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the Public Relations Officer of the command revealed that the suspect was among the criminals that abducted her when she boarded a tricycle along Ifite to Aroma Junction on 10/7/2023, took her to a hotel within the area, dispossess her of her personal belongings and raped her before she was allowed to go.

The victim who looked traumatized identified her phone among the phones recovered from the suspect.

However, the suspect who admitted to robbing the suspect at gunpoint denied the rape charge. He also provided the names of his two accomplices.

“Meanwhile two more Pistols have been recovered from the suspect. Management of yet another hotel where he lodged on seeing Police publication had alerted the Police that the suspect lodged in one of the hotel rooms before his arrest at another hotel.

Detectives then proceeded to the hotel and searched the room where he lodged only to discover two more Berreta Pistols among his personal effects.

Information has been received that the suspect is responsible for the murder of at least two persons in separate incidents in Awka in the last three months.”

While urging security operatives to protect society and get justice for victims, Commissioner of Police, Aderemi Adeoye urged residents to report suspicious persons and unusual movements and assured them that the suspect will be arraigned in court after the investigation is concluded.