In Anambra State, the police have successfully busted a criminal gang, resulting in the death of one of its members.
According to a press statement from DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the spokesperson of Anambra State Police Command, the gang was intercepted at a checkpoint on Sunday evening.
The gang, traveling in a commercial vehicle from Nnewi to Onitsha, was stopped at a checkpoint. One of the gang members attempted to draw a beretta pistol but was shot down by a police officer.
In the statement, Ikenga revealed, “Officers attached to Anambra State Police Command have smashed an armed gang at Igboukwu in Aguata LGA.”
He added, “The gang, which boarded a commercial bus from Nnewi on Sunday, 14th January 2024, arrived at the police checkpoint and were halted for a search. One of the hoodlums alighted, pulled a beretta pistol, but was gunned down.”
Furthermore, he mentioned, “A search of the bag they were traveling with yielded a concealed dagger.”
Ikenga also mentioned that two passengers in the vehicle, who were found to not be members of the gang but had boarded the vehicle along the way, were released by the state police commissioner, Aderemi Adeoye.
He stated, “The Commissioner of Police Aderemi Adeoye ordered the immediate release of two elderly passengers who boarded the bus at a different location.”
He also assured the people of Anambra State that the police command will always fulfill its responsibility of safeguarding the lives and property of law-abiding citizens in the state.
