Police Dismantle Firearms Workshop In Enugu

The Enugu State Police Command has dismantled a local firearms fabrication workshop in Udi Local Government Area of the state.
A statement by the state Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Daniel Ndukwe, stated that the operatives recovered assorted firearms, cartridges, firearms, repair tools, generator sets, and other exhibits from the black spot.
Quoting him, “On June 30, 2025, at about 4pm, operatives of the Command’s Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad, acting on credible intelligence, raided and dismantled the workshop located in Amofia-Agu Affa, Udi LGA.
“The operation followed the arrest and confession of one Ekene Okafor, aged 32, a member of the Supreme Vikings Confraternity, earlier apprehended for conspiracy, armed robbery, and unlawful possession of firearms.”
Ndukwe stated that the suspect led operatives to the workshop, where his locally made cut-to-size gun was being serviced.
According to him, the owner of the workshop fled upon sighting the operatives. The statement listed the items recovered from the scene to include locally made cut-to-size single-barrel gun being serviced, two English-made double-barrel guns, eight single-barrel guns, two live and eight expended cartridges, three generator sets, various firearms repair tools, and other exhibits.
Ndukwe added that efforts were ongoing to apprehend the fleeing owner of the workshop.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Mamman Bitrus Giwa, while commending the operatives for the breakthrough, reassured residents of the state of the Command’s commitment to combating illegal firearms proliferation and related crimes.
He also called on the public to remain vigilant, law-abiding, and to continue providing credible information to the police.
Police Dismantle Firearms Workshop In Enugu is first published on The Whistler Newspaper