Police in Anambra State have busted a criminal gang, killing one of of the members.
A press release by the spokesperson of Anambra State Police Command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga revealed that the gang were accosted at a checkpoint on Sunday evening.
Ikenga said the gang was traveling in a commercial vehicle from Nnewi to Igboukwu, when they were stopped at a checkpoint, but one of the gang members quickly drew a barretta pistol, but was gun Ed down by the personnel.
In the press release, Ikenga said: “Officers attached to Anambra State Police Command have smashed an armed gang at Igboukwu in Aguata LGA.
“The gang which boarded a commercial bus from Nnewi today, Sunday 14th January, 2024 arrived police checkpoint, and were stopped for a search. One of the hoodlums alighted, pulled a baretta pistol, but was gunned down.
“A search of the bag they were travelling with yielded a concealed dagger.”
Ikenga said two passenger in the vehicles who was deemed no to be a member of the gang, but boarded the vehicle along the way was ordered to be set free the state police commissioner, CP Aderemi Adeoye.
He said: “The Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye ordered the immediate release of two elderly passengers who boarded the bus at a different location.
“The Command wishes to assure the good people of Anambra State that it will always live up to its responsibility in safeguarding lives and property of all law abiding citizens in the State.”
