Two arrested in Umunede raid where police found suspected cannabis
Delta police arrested Chibuike Ezeji and Ikenna Emeka in Umunede on 30 October 2026 after a resident reported an alleged pistol threat. A search recovered firearms, ammunition and substances suspected to be cannabis and methamphetamine, but police gave no amount for the suspected drugs.
🇳🇬 Umunede, Ika North East Local Government Area, Delta State · Nigeria
Police arrested Chibuike Ezeji and 22-year-old Ikenna Emeka in Umunede, Delta.[1][2][3]A resident had reported to the Umunede Division that Ezeji, 30, threatened
to kill him while brandishing a pistol.[1][2][3]The complaint came at about 1:15
p.m. on Friday, according to the police spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe.[4]TVC
News reported that the two suspects were arrested on October 30 following that
report.[5]Officers from the Umunede Division worked with members of the
Umunede Civilian Anti-Cult Group and proceeded to a residence along Umunede
Expressway belonging to Oscar Ignatius, whom police described as a suspected
cultist, where Ezeji was reportedly residing.[1]
A search of the premises led to the recovery of one pump-action gun, one locally
made cut-to-size gun, three locally made pistols, and eight live cartridges.[1][2][3]The police said the search also recovered substances suspected to be
cannabis and methamphetamine, the latter popularly known as ice.[5][2]The two
suspects were in police custody while investigations were ongoing.[4][2]
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Firearms and live rounds pictured alongside the account of the Umunede raid.Photo details
The sources give no quantity for substances suspected to include cannabis and report no laboratory confirmation.
The police said the two men remained in custody; no charge or court outcome is reported.
Whether the uncaptioned lead photo of four young men on the Gistmania page shows this arrest is unclear, so it was not added as media.
No quantity or laboratory confirmation for the substances suspected to include cannabis was published.
The article's totals of four arrests, seven firearms, 10 cartridges and two motorcycles cover both the Umunede and Ughelli operations, not the Umunede cannabis raid alone.
The same article reports a separate Ughelli operation on 28 October involving alleged motorcycle theft and armed robbery, a different event left out here.
The page's lead photo captioned only 'Suspects' was not added as media because the caption and credit do not establish that it shows this raid.
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