The police in Ebonyi State, Nigeria’s south-east, say they have arrested 699 suspects in connection with 372 cases from April 2026 to date.
The state’s Commissioner of Police, Hope Okafor, revealed this on Thursday in Abakaliki during a press conference on the command’s operational achievements.
Mrs Okafor said the arrests comprised 660 males and 39 females.
Of these figures, 309 suspects have been charged in court in connection with 162 cases, while investigations into the remaining cases are ongoing.
“The command recovered 31 assorted firearms, 33 rounds of ammunition of different calibres and three vehicles,” she said.
