A but to be recognized member of a four-man theft gang was shot useless 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 law enforcement officials at a checkpoint.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident occurred on Sunday at Igboukwu neighborhood in Aguata Native Authorities Space of the state, with the remaining three members of the gang 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, mentioned the suspects boarded a industrial bus from Nnewi and headed to an unknown vacation spot earlier than assembly the police on the checkpoint.
He mentioned: “Police operatives hooked up to the Anambra State Police Command have quelled an armed gang in Igboukwu in Aguata LGA.
“The gang, who boarded a industrial bus from Nnewi at present, Sunday, January 14, 2024, arrived on the police checkpoint and had been stopped for a search. One of many gangsters obtained 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 in Anambra, Aderemi Adeoye, who counseled the personnel for his or her vigilance, had directed the State Legal Investigation Division to take over the case for thorough investigation.
He identified that the CP additionally ordered the rapid launch of two aged passengers who had boarded the bus at one other location.
“The Command needs to guarantee the nice folks of Anambra State that it’ll at all times reside as much as its duty in defending lives and properties of all law-abiding residents within the state,” he added.
Equally, the state police command mentioned it had additionally foiled an armed theft in Ubiahuikwem, Ihiala LGA and neutralized one of many hoodlums.
The state police spokesperson, Ikenga, disclosed this in a press release on Monday, including that the Particular Police Squad deployed by CP Adeoye in Ihiala carried out the train on the suspected robbers.
He mentioned an automated pump motion pistol and two bikes had been recovered from the hoodlums.
The assertion learn: “The Police Particular Crack Squad, deployed by the Anambra State Commissioner of Police in Ihiala weeks earlier than Christmas, foiled an armed theft and neutralized one of many hoodlums.
“The crack crew working with the native vigilante had restored peace to the previous city, making it attainable for Ihiala little kids who had flown in from the diaspora and elsewhere to benefit from the festive season.
“The encounter with the gunmen occurred on the night time of January 12, 2024 once they tried to rob a middle-aged man of his automobile in Ubiahuikwem, Ihiala.
“On seeing the squad, the gunmen working on two bikes opened hearth on the police. The officers engaged them professionally to keep away from hitting the potential armed theft sufferer, who then zoomed away from the scene.
“One automated pump-action rifle and two bikes had been recovered from the crooks.”
Ikenga added that the Commissioner of Police directed the police to not relent in driving out all prison parts from Ihiala and neighboring communities comparable to Isseke, Lilu, Orsumoghu and Azia.
“The CP promised continued logistical help to the squad to make sure it fulfills its mandate,” he added.
