The Kogi State Police Command has arrested a 23-year-old woman, Charity Williams, during a raid on a suspected criminal hideout in Oguda village, Okene Local Government Area, recovering firearms, ammunition, hard drugs, and over ₦2 million in cash.
The arrest, confirmed in a statement on Thursday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP William Aya, followed a tip-off that led operatives attached to the Okene Division to storm Yuwander Lodge, identified as a suspected base for criminal activities.
“Upon searching one of the rooms booked by one Christopher Christopher Kadiri, a lady named Charity Williams, aged 23 years, was arrested and the above exhibits were recovered from the room,” Aya stated.
The items recovered include one locally made Beretta pistol, one locally made barrel gun, six rounds of 9mm live ammunition, hard drugs, an axe, four mobile phones, and ₦2,047,300 in cash.
The prime suspect, Kadiri, reportedly fled the scene before the raid, but police say efforts are ongoing to track him down.
In a related operation, operatives attached to the Ofu Division recovered a locally made barrel gun, a cutlass, and a Tecno phone at Ogbakpedo village along the Itobe–Ayingba road. The recovery followed intelligence that suspected kidnappers had been sighted in the bush, but they escaped upon sighting the police.
The Commissioner of Police, Miller G. Dantawaye, commended the operatives for their swift action, describing the arrests and recoveries as evidence of the Command’s determination to clamp down on criminal networks in the state.
Security analysts note that the arrest highlights a growing trend in which girlfriends and female associates of suspected criminals are drawn into illegal activities, often by renting rooms, carrying cash, or shielding fugitives from law enforcement.
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Kogi State, located along a critical North-South transport corridor, has been identified as a hotspot for armed robbery and kidnapping-for-ransom. Police raids on lodges and forest camps are increasingly viewed as crucial to dismantling the logistical support networks that sustain such operations.
