21st April, 2024
By Joy Mbachi
An unidentified robbery suspect was on Sunday morning caught while trying to break into the office of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka, Anambra.
A security guard in the neighborhood told NAN that he heard some noise in NAN office around 6 am on Sunday and when he peeped into the office he saw the man breaking the windows of the office.
He said that he alerted other guards in the vicinity and they caught the robber.
According to him, when the suspect tried to escape they held on to him and alerted the police at the Government House, Awka located near the office.
The police at the government house later alerted the Anambra State correspondent of NAN, Mrs Joy Mbachi, who rushed to the office to witness the incident and also alerted the zonal office.
Mbachi reports that one of the security guards sustained a minor injury when the robber hit him with a stone while he was resisting arrest.
The state correspondent said that she had officially reported the matter to the police who assured her of their assistance.
Mbachi thanked the security guards for their gallantry and the government house security for their prompt intervention.
NAN reports that the suspect is currently in the custody of the Police B, Division, Awka.
Meanwhile, the incident has been reported to the Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), Anambra command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga.
Ikenga assured NAN that due attention would be given to the report and promised that the command would commence an investigation into the matter immediately.