gang, which specialized in robbing shop owners at the popular Federal
Polytechnic Nekede, Junction, in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
The also gunned down four members of the gang and arrested the other
person when the gang members engaged security men in a gun battle.
This is even as the police paraded a student of the Imo State
University, Owerri, one Ifeanyichukwu Nwafor, a native of Abukwa,
Umuobom in Ideato South LGA and 19 year-old Valentine Eke for being in
possession of fire arms concealed inside a note book cut to size.
Parading the lifeless bodies of the suspect and others before
journalists yesterday at the state police headquarters, the
Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Abdulmajid Ali, said the incident
occurred about 8:30 pm Sunday after the five-man gang operating with
an ash-coloured Toyota Corolla, robbed a shop at the Poly Junction.
He said the gang was intercepted by the eagle-eyed police patrol team,
who was engaged in a shoot-out by the robbers.
During the ensuing gun battle, the commissioner of police added, four
members of the gang sustained serious injuries but were confirmed dead
when they were rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, while one of
them, 23 year-old Lucky Amaechi, a native of Umuayika Ngor-Okpala
council area of the state, was arrested unhurt.
The police boss disclosed also paraded a 23-year-old Chinwendu Ogu, a
tricycle rider from Umueke in Ibeku LGA of Abia State, who was a
member of one-chance robbers who robbed two ladies and pushed them out
from a moving tricycle along Aba Road..
He said having received information about the incident, his men
immediately swung into action and arrested the suspect.
Items recovered from the suspects included one English made double
barrel cut to size, one locally made single barrel gun with six rounds
of cartridges; one locally made pistol, with two live cartridges; and
one automatic pump action with 25 live cartridges.
The police chief disclosed that most of the information that led to
the arrest of the suspects was given to the police by good Nigerians,
urging the people of the state to always inform the police whenever
such situations arise.
--247UReport
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