Police in Anambra have arrested a prominent business man in the state, Chief Pius Nweke over alleged unlawful possession firearm. Nweke, the CEO of Best Aluminium Manufacturing Company, a roofing sheet company was arrested at about 12 noon on Friday in Onitsha while he was driving to his office. DAILY POST gathered that the businessman,
He said, “Policemen of the IGP’s STS while on routine patrol at Awada area saw and intercepted a Lexus Jeep which its number plate was covered and then searched the car and the occupant and in the process found a barreta pistol with 10 rounds of ammunition in it.“He has been taken into custody for further interrogation at Onitsha there with STS. He will be taken to Abuja because the STS headquarters is in Abuja.
Meanwhile, the president General of Abba community, Engr. C. Anaenwe has described Nweke’s arrest as a frame up.
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