Ahead of the Saturday's Governorship and House of Assembly elections in Enugu State, a combined crack team of security agencies has arrested 14 political thugs with arms in some local government areas of the state. The thugs who were arrested on Saturday, in Isi-Uzo and Igbo-Eze North local government areas, SaharaReporters gathered, were deployed to the council headquarters to unleash mayhem during the Saturday's elections.
March 14, 2023Ahead of the Saturday's Governorship and House of Assembly elections in Enugu State, a combined crack team of security agencies has arrested 14 political thugs with arms in some local government areas of the state.
While the 10 thugs were allegedly arrested in the lodge with guns, four arrested in Igbo-Eze North Chairman's residence had no gun as their leader identified as one Onyebuchi had escaped with the guns before the crack investigation team led by personnel of the Nigeria military arrived. He added,"The arrest of the political thugs, most of them imported from Anambra State was sequel to an investigation report by one of the Nigeria's intelligence agency. That report indicted the four local government chairmen and the state governor that they were using thugs. So they went to Isi-Uzo arrested 10 persons at the governor's Lodge.
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