19-year old teenage girl arrested for unlawful possession of a loaded pump action riffle in Anambra State

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 19-year-old girl identified as Chika Chukwu, for unlawful possession of a pump-action gun. Police detectives attached to the Central Police Station, Nnewi, in collaboration with the Okpunoegbu vigilance group arrested the girl on Thursday.    

A member of the Okpunoegbu vigilance group said “the pump-action gun was loaded with four live cartridges and one expended cartridge. The 19-year-old woman was arrested at the Amahusa quarters on Thursday, where she concealed the gun inside a bunch of mopping stick in order to avoid being noticed.”  

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Haruna Mohammed also confirmed the incident saying, “on February 7, 2019, at 6am, following intelligence report, police detectives attached to the Nnewi Division in conjunction with Okpuno vigilance group arrested one Chika Chukwu, female, aged 19, of Okpunoegbu Nnewi with a pump-action gun loaded with four live cartridges and one expended cartridge at Amahusa quarters Nnewi. The suspect concealed the gun inside a mopping stick. The case is under investigation in order to ascertain the motive behind her action after which she would be charged to court”.