The Abia State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested a suspected criminal, Emeka Edwin Chukwuma, from Umuchu in Aguata Local Government Area, Anambra State, and recovered a stolen Toyota Highlander SUV.
The vehicle, with registration number BBR667RM, was reported stolen in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, in 2022.
Naijaonpoint reports that the State’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Maureen Chinaka, confirmed the development in a late-night statement on Thursday, issued on behalf of the state Commissioner of Police, Danladi Isa.
“In furtherance of investigations into a case of a stolen vehicle reported in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, in 2022, but suspected to have been moved to Abia State, leveraging on credible and actionable intelligence, operatives of the Scorpion Squad Abia State Police Command, on 22/08/2025, recovered a Toyota Highlander SUV with registration number BBR667RM and apprehended one Emeka Edwin Chukwuma, a native of Umuchu, Aguata LGA, Anambra State,” the statement read.
According to the police, the complainant has been contacted to help ascertain the originality and ownership of the vehicle.
“Meanwhile, further investigations are ongoing,” DSP Chinaka added.
Meanwhile, tragedy struck in Amaeze community, Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, when a police inspector was killed during a clash between operatives of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
Naijaonpoint learnt that the incident, which occurred on Wednesday, also left several officers injured.
Confirming the development to Punch, the Chairman of Ivo Local Government Council, Emmanuel Ajah, said the Divisional Police Officer briefed him in the area.
Ajah said, “I was informed by the DPO that there was a clash involving the police and civil defence officers in the Amaeze community, and unfortunately, one police officer lost his life in the process.”
An eyewitness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, alleged that the deceased officer, identified simply as Inspector Shedrack, might have been mistakenly shot by fellow policemen.
According to him, the confrontation began when three Hilux vans carrying about 30 policemen allegedly opened fire on an NSCDC van conveying mining equipment to a site in Amaeze.
The body of the deceased inspector has since been deposited in a morgue, while the injured officers were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.
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