A yet-to-be-identified member of a four-man theft gang has been shot lifeless by operatives of the Anambra State Police Command.
The suspect was killed as a result of he pulled a gun in an try to shoot cops at a checkpoint.
It was gathered that the incident occurred on Sunday at Igboukwu group in Aguata Native Authorities Space of Anambra State, throughout which the remaining three members of the gang had been additionally arrested whereas a Barreta pistol and a dagger had been recovered from them.
The state police spokesperson, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the incident, stated the suspects boarded a business bus from Nnewi and headed to an unknown vacation spot earlier than assembly the police on the checkpoint.
He stated: “Police operatives connected to the Anambra State Police Command have quelled an armed gang in Igboukwu in Aguata LGA.
“The gang, who boarded a business bus from Nnewi at the moment, Sunday, January 14, 2024, arrived at a police checkpoint and had been stopped for a search. One of many gangsters received out, pulled out a baretta pistol and was shot.
“A search of the bag they had been touring in revealed a hidden dagger.”
He added that the Commissioner of Police within the state, Aderemi Adeoye, who counseled the police personnel for his or her vigilance, had directed the State Legal Investigation Division to take over the case for an intensive investigation.
He identified that the CP has additionally ordered the rapid launch of two aged passengers who boarded the bus at one other location.
“The command needs to guarantee the nice individuals of Anambra State that it’ll all the time stay as much as its accountability in defending lives and properties of all law-abiding residents within the state,” he added.
