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Anambra ‎Police arrest 20-years old boy for arm£d r0bb€ry and rap£ of 13-years old girl in A china, Anambra State.

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‎The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old suspect in Umuezeiyi Village, Achina, Aguata Local Government Area of the state for armed robbery and defilement.

‎It was gathered that the suspect allegedly invaded a shop in the same community on October 29, with a locally made single-barrel gun and a small axe and stole the sum of N30,000.

‎This was disclosed in a press statement issued on Tuesday by the Spokesman for the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga.

‎Ikenga added that the command will arraign the suspect in court on November 19, 2025.

‎He said the suspect wore a red polo shirt which he fashioned into a face mask and abducted a 13-year-old girl, took her to a nearby bush, where he forcefully had unlawful carnal knowledge of her.

‎The statement read in part, “Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Gender Unit, Awka, with the assistance of the local community security outfit, arrested one Chigbo Umeugokwe, male, 20 years old, of Umuezeiyi Village, Achina, Aguata LGA, on 11th November 2025.

‎“The suspect allegedly invaded a shop in the same community on October 29, 2025, with a locally made single-barrel gun and a small axe.

‎He was said to have worn a red polo shirt which he fashioned into a face mask and abducted a 13-year-old girl, took her to a nearby bush, where he forcefully had unlawful carnal knowledge of her. The suspect also allegedly carted away the sum of ₦30,000 from the shop.”

‎Ikenga said that during interrogations, the suspect made a voluntary confessional statement, adding that some exhibits were also recovered from him, such as a locally made single-barrel gun, one small axe and one red polo shirt used as a face mask.

‎“He will be arraigned in court on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, as part of the Command’s commitment to ensuring justice for the victim and bringing offenders to account,” the statement added.

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