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Diobu vigilante group apprehend notorious criminal in PortHarcourt

A security outfit Diobu vigilante group has apprehended an alleged notorious criminal Godswill Henshaw popularly known as Macpharaoh from Akwa Ibom who invaded Diobu axis of PortHarcourt with his five man gang robbing residents of Emole. Spokesman Diobu vigilante Group Prince Amatari Bipeledei who spoke with our correspondent said men of the vigilante in a hot pursuit of Macpharoah and his five-man gang, caught him and recovered a 6 round revolver pistol and handed him to the police Prince Bipeledei while hinting that the vigilante group is witnessing a resurgent of criminal activities in Diobu said on the 6th of this month the area witnessed an organized crime where criminals numbering over 40 persons invaded the area and the vigilante mobilized and alerted the Azikiwe police station. He said the joint operation with the men of the Azikiwe Police division saw the arrest of Emmanuel Chuku, Michael Luke, Daniel God’swill and Uchenna Egbelefu. He added that on the 7th of March residents of Obidianso called on the vigilante group when they noticed a corpse in a shallow grave, the matter is still being investigated. Prince Amatari Bipeledei urged the people to keep providing information so as to rid the area of criminals.

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