By: Isaac Ojo
The operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested twenty more illegal revenue collectors in Onitsha.
The arrest according to Haruna Mohammed (SP) the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the state police command was in continuation with it’s comittment towards enforcing government directives against the harassement and extortion on innocent citizens on the road in the name of IGR collection.
He said joint police patrol teams in conjunction with other sister agencies led by the Area Commander Onitsha, ACP John Ogbuagbaka had between Wednesday and Thursday while on patrol along Head bridge, Upper Iweka, Owerri road, Niger street and Borromeo roundabout all in Onitsha arrested twenty illegal revenue collectors under false pretense of being government revenue agents.
Haruna said that all the suspects have voluntarily confessed to the offence and claimed they were hired by various persons to either collect or enforce the collections of revenue on behalf of government.
The PPRO said that the operation was in compliance to Anambra State Government directives on the 7th December,2020 “banning all forms of illegal revenue collections by persons claiming to be State revenue agents or officials.
Haruna who said that the suspects would be prosecuted warned that anybody found engaging in such acts should be ready to face the full wrath of the law noting that the.The command will continue to pursue the hoodlums until they refrain from criminal activities or relocate from the state.
It would be recalled that three suspects were arrested yesterday over illegal revenue collection.
