The Imo State Police Command on Tuesday paraded over 25 suspects alleged to have been involved in various degrees of crime ranging from kidnapping, armed robbery, theft, fraud and murder.
While parading the suspects at the Police Command Headquarters in Owerri, the Imo State capital, the Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu, said the arrest also involves that of a 38 year-old Pastor, Delight Korie of Water Ground Ministry in Njaba Local Government Area, who attempted to murder one of his church members in the pretense of conducting a deliverance session for her beside a river in Njaba.
The commissioner also disclosed that the suspects arrested in respect of the kidnappings were the notorious gang that had been terrorizing the peace of the state in recent times especially in New Owerri, World Bank layout and Port-Harcourt road area of the city.
CP Lakanu, however, called on all Imo residents to support the police command in the fight against criminality in the state by furnishing the command with useful information about criminals and their activities.
He also assured the citizens of continued protection of lives and property by the command.
Items recovered from the suspects include guns, machetes, fake dollars, gun cartridges with rounds of ammunition and bullets as well as other harmful devices.
