Obiano’s ‘Operation Kpochapu’ seems to be yielding results

Governor Willie Obiano’s deter­mination to rid Anambra State of all criminal elements has continued to yield impres­sive results, as a suspected kidnap kingpin, Okechuk­wu Nnaegbo, was recently nabbed aboard a South Af­rican Airways flight at the Murtala Muhammed In­ternational Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.

Nnaegbo, who has since confessed to being the shad­owy figure behind recent high-profile kidnap cases in the state, was on his way to South Africa to evade the current onslaught against criminals in Anambra State when a crack team of detec­tives from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad from Anam­bra, in collaboration with their Lagos State counter­parts and the help of airport security operatives pounced on him inside the aircraft.

Nnaegbo, who hails from Nri, in Anaocha Local Gov­ernment Area of the state, is believed to be the ring-leader of a gang of armed robbers and kidnappers that had made life miserable for Anambra residents until the recent launch of ‘Operation Kpochapu,’ a special anti-crime task force, by the two-month-old Obiano adminis­tration.

Announcing his arrest, the state Commissioner of Police, Usman A. Gwary, revealed that the suspect was already aboard the Johannesburg-bound flight when he was picked up by his men.