CITIZENS COMPASS – The Enugu State Police Command says it has arrested and arraigned a masquerade for allegedly assaulting a woman.
He was arrested in the Nsukka area of the state.
DSP Daniel Ndukwe, spokesman for the Command, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, May 23, 2024.
He said the masquerade was intercepted and arrested on May 12, 2024, at about 3.45 p.m..
The spokesman said operatives of the Nsukka Sector of the Command’s Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad made the arrest.
According to him, the masquerade popularly known as Oriokpa was sighted physically assaulting a female victim at Ugwuoye Junction, Nsukka when the operatives arrested it.
He said the masquerade, later identified as Ugwuoke Ebube, aged 22, had been arraigned in court on Wednesday in Nsukka even as he said the court later granted him bail.
According to the spokesman, an investigation carried out by the Command indicated that the suspect was part of a group of masqueraders that similarly assaulted a female nurse riding a motorcycle, as captured in a viral video in April 2024.
“He was today, May 22, 2024, arraigned in the Nsukka Magistrate Court of Enugu State, Nigeria, but was granted bail by the court.”
He quoted the state Commissioner of Police, Kanayo Uzuegbu, to have condemned the act, while warning those intending to hide under the guise of culturally celebrating masqueraders to commit such a criminal act of assaulting fellow citizens to desist forthwith stressing that the command would henceforth not hesitate to bring anyone found wanting to book, just as in the case at hand.
