Enugu State Police Command has dismantled a local firearms fabrication workshop in Affa, Udi Local Government Area of the State , recovering assorted firearms, cartridges, firearms repair tools, generator sets, and other exhibits.
Statement made available to Newsmen by the Command ‘s police public relations officer,SP Daniel Ndukwe on Monday in Enugu said , “on June 30, 2025, at about 4 p.m., operatives of the Command’s Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad, acting on credible intelligence, raided and dismantled the workshop located in Amofia-Agu Affa, Udi LGA.
“The operation followed the arrest and confession of one Ekene Okafor, aged 32, a member of the Supreme Vikings Confraternity, earlier apprehended for conspiracy, armed robbery, and unlawful possession of firearms”..
According to Ndukwe, “the suspect led operatives to the workshop, where his locally made cut-to-size gun was being serviced by the workshop’s owner, who fled upon sighting the operatives”.
Locally made cut-to-size single-barrel gun being serviced, two English-made double-barrel guns, eight single-barrel guns, two live and eight expended cartridges, three generator sets, various firearms repair tools, and other exhibits were recovered from the scene.
Ndukwe said efforts were ongoing to apprehend the fleeing owner of the workshop.
‘The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, CP Mamman Bitrus Giwa, psc, while commending the operatives for the breakthrough, reassures residents of the Command’s commitment to combating illegal firearms proliferation and related crimes. He calls on the public to remain vigilant, law-abiding, and to continue providing credible information to the police.,” he said.
Author: Maureen Ikpeama