By Ikeugonna Eleke
Police in Anambra State have busted a criminal gang, killing one of its members.
A press release by the spokesperson of the Anambra State Police Command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, revealed that the gang were accosted at a checkpoint on Sunday evening.
Ikenga said the gang was travelling in a commercial vehicle from Nnewi to Onitsha, when they were stopped at a checkpoint, but one of the gang members quickly drew a berretta pistol, but was gunned down by a police personnel.
In the press release, Ikenga said: ‘Officers attached to the Anambra State Police Command have smashed an armed gang at Igboukwu in Aguata LGA.
‘The gang which boarded a commercial bus from Nnewi, Sunday, 14th January, 2024, arrived at the police checkpoint and were stopped for a search. One of the hoodlums alighted, pulled a berretta pistol, but was gunned down.
‘A search of the bag they were travelling with yielded a concealed dagger.’
Ikenga said two passengers in the vehicles who were deemed not to be a member of the gang, but boarded the vehicle along the way, were ordered to be set free by 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 life and property of all law abiding citizens in the state.’
