{"id":3520,"date":"2025-12-13T08:47:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T08:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?p=3520"},"modified":"2025-12-13T08:47:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T08:47:05","slug":"police-arrest-two-suspects-for-supplying-food-other-items-to-armed-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/12\/13\/police-arrest-two-suspects-for-supplying-food-other-items-to-armed-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest two suspects for supplying food, other items to armed groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Anambra State Police Command led security team has disrupted a major supply network of food and other logistics for a secessionist-linked criminal group and arrested two suspects. <br \/><br \/>The spokesperson of the command, SP Ikenga Tochukwu, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, December 12, 2025 said the suspects, Mmadubuchi Ike and Chinonso Izunobi, are involved in the m8rder of a youth leader popularly known as \u201cBiggy\u201d in Ukpor as well as series of kidnapping incidents across the state.<br \/><br \/>According to the PPRO, operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, Awkuzu and Agunechemba Unit, acting on credible intelligence in the early hours of December 11, arrested the suspects at a hideout near Orsumoghu and Aguluezechukwu. <br \/><br \/>Operatives recovered firearms ammunition and live cartridges from the suspects. <br \/><br \/>&#8220;The Police-Led Joint Security Team comprising Operatives from Rapid Response Squad, Awkuzu and Agunechemba, acting on credible intelligence in the early hours of 11th December 2025, arrested two suspects, who are members of the syndicate responsible for providing food and other essential logistics to a criminal group linked to secessionist activities within the Camp located around Orsumoghu and Aguluezechukwu. <br \/><br \/>&#8220;The Operatives also recovered one (1) Type 06 rifle with ten (10) rounds of live ammunition, two (2) pump-action guns, and twenty (20) live cartridges.<br \/><br \/>&#8220;The suspects include Mmadubuchi Ike \u2018M\u2019, 28 years old and Chinonso Izunobi \u2018M\u2019, 34 years old respectively. 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The spokesperson of the command, SP Ikenga Tochukwu, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, December 12, 2025 said the suspects, Mmadubuchi Ike and Chinonso Izunobi, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police arrest two suspects for supplying food, other items to armed groups - Security Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Police arrest two suspects for supplying food, other items to armed groups\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/12\/13\/police-arrest-two-suspects-for-supplying-food-other-items-to-armed-groups\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police arrest two suspects for supplying food, other items to armed groups\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Police arrest two suspects for supplying food, other items to armed groups\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/12\/13\/police-arrest-two-suspects-for-supplying-food-other-items-to-armed-groups\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-13T08:47:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/handcuffs.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/13\\\/police-arrest-two-suspects-for-supplying-food-other-items-to-armed-groups\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/13\\\/police-arrest-two-suspects-for-supplying-food-other-items-to-armed-groups\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Security Focus\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d04afd64c43f5a53d7361fcf06efc4fe\"},\"headline\":\"Police arrest two suspects for supplying food, other items to armed groups\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-13T08:47:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/13\\\/police-arrest-two-suspects-for-supplying-food-other-items-to-armed-groups\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":314,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/13\\\/police-arrest-two-suspects-for-supplying-food-other-items-to-armed-groups\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/handcuffs.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/13\\\/police-arrest-two-suspects-for-supplying-food-other-items-to-armed-groups\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/13\\\/police-arrest-two-suspects-for-supplying-food-other-items-to-armed-groups\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/13\\\/police-arrest-two-suspects-for-supplying-food-other-items-to-armed-groups\\\/\",\"name\":\"Police arrest two suspects for supplying food, other items to armed groups - 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