August 26, 2026
By Stanley Umejiaku
Some traders in the popular Onitsha market in Anambra State, have sent a save-our-souls message to the new state Commissioner of Police, alleging that a team of policemen has been breaking into their shops and carting away their goods without explanations.
The traders who spoke with reporters on phone alleged that four police officers who claim to come from Area Command in the commercial city have been in the habit of breaking into their shops in the wee hours of the night after which they would cart away all their goods to their station and demand whooping sums of money before releasing the goods to them.
Their spokesman, Nnanunyelugo Elias said that they carry out such raids about 10p.m., when most of the traders had gone home. According to him, as soon as they see that their targeted trader had gone home with his boys, they use heavy instruments and rods to break into the shops after which they cart away all the goods back to their station.
