Egiji Atigwe, son of former Deputy Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Hon David Atigwe, has been named as the person providing guns to armed robbers and kidnappers.
David is the elder brother of Hon Simon Atigwe, who lost his seat in the House of Representatives to Dennis Agbo of Labour Party following a Court of Appeal judgement on the rerun election for Udenu/Igboeze North Federal Constituency.
A suspect, who was arrested for his involvement in robbery and kidnapping activities in Igboeze North local government area and other parts of Nsukka zone, identified as Emzor, mentioned Egiji’s name during interrogation by the security agents.
In a video interrogation by operatives of the Enugu State Neighbourhood Watch, made available to SaharaReporters, the suspect, who spoke in Igbo language, reeled out names of his gang members including Egiji Atigwe now at large, from whom they hire guns including a double -barrelled gun
The suspect also told the police that Egiji shares the proceeds of crime among gang members.
When a policeman asked him how much they collected from one of their victims? He replied, saying: “I don’t know but I was given N35,000 as my share. Egiji is the one who handles the money.”
The suspect, who was tortured with hands handcuffed behind his back named one Star Boy and Cobra as members of the gang.
However, efforts made by SaharaReporters to speak with the Enugu State Police Command for comments were unsuccessful as the Command’s spokesperson DSP Daniel Ndukwe did not answer his calls.
As at the time of filing this report, he had yet to reply to the text message sent to him seeking his comment.
Source: Saharareporters
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