Anambra Police Sustain Onslaught To Foil Plans Of Criminal Elements
Demobilize one secessionist group member, rescue victim, recover firearm, vehicles and other incriminating items
Anambra Police Command says its Operatives from the Operations Department of the Command and attached to a VIP, has demobilized one of the criminal elements in the State.
The State Police spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this to journalists, said the incident happened on 29/11/2024 by 8:30 pm, along Agulu/Nnobi road.
According to Ikenga, items recovered from the hoodlums include one pump action gun, five live cartridges, five machetes, two SUV jeeps and two pairs of desert shoe.
He said that the Operatives resisted the armed men operating in a grey-coloured Lexus ES 330 with Plate Nos: ACA 551 MA and an ash-coloured Toyota Highlander with plate number: SMK 544, who attacked their convoy unprovoked.
The states Police spokesperson intimated that during the gun duel, the swift response by the Joint Security Team comprising the Police and AVG Operatives led by the Divisional Police Officer Neni, Anaocha LGA, made the armed men abandon their vehicle and fled the scene with bullet wounds, through a nearby bush.
Meanwhile, the Operatives have sustained operations in the area aimed at arresting the fleeing members.
He urged Members of the public and residents of the area to assist the Command with information in that regard.
In another development, the Joint Security Team comprising Police operatives attached to the Dunukofia Division and AVG members responded to a distress call along Ukwulu Road, rescued the abducted victims and recovered their vehicle.
According to the PPRO, preliminary information showed that the armed men abducted the victims on 27/11/2024 by 7 am, along Ugwunwasike – Ogidi, Idemili North LGA of the State.
The culprits, he said, shot the abductees when they observed that they were being trailed by the security operatives, abandoned them in the vehicle and fled the scene.
Ikenga disclosed that the Joint Security Team secured the victims and rushed them to the hospital for medical attention.
However, he revealed.that while one of them was responding to treatment, the other was sadly confirmed dead by the doctors on duty, though the vehicle has also been recovered.
To this end, the Operatives have intensified Operations in the area, and further development would be communicated, he assured.
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