An Imo State Police Inspector successfully neutralize a gunman who invaded his house at Aforukwu, Orogwe in Owerri West Local Government Area, Imo State.
In a statement released by the State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Micheal Abattam, the gunmen invaded the house of the police Inspector on Thursday at midnight.
He said the gunmen “rushed to the flat of the Police Inspector, destroyed the iron burglary protector and front door, entered inside the flat.”
In his defence, the Police Inspector, “professionally placed himself at a vantage position, and engaged the bandits in an aggressive gun duel.”
Abattam continued, “The hoodlums who were stunned and confused by the staccato sound emanating from the rifle of the Police officer, took to their heels, scampering for safety and were given a hot chase and in the process, one of them was neutralized at the spot and others escaped into the surrounding bushes fatally injured.”
Releasing the gunmen who had been hit in the duel battle the Inspector, “alerted the Divisional Police Officer of Ogbaku Division, who mobilized and rushed to the scene.”
Upon arrival, they “combed the surrounding bushes where a corpse, two locally made Pistols and an Identity Card were recovered. The recovered identity card belongs to one of the neutralized bandits in the name of Chukwuemzie Chukwu ‘m’, a native of Atta in Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State and an electrician.”
The Police identified the bandits who had on 1 August 2022 invaded “a building at Orogwe in Owerri West LGA of Imo State, belonging to one Sir Chima Ogbuehi, residing in Lagos.”
Arriving on the said date at midnight in “a black Lexus Jeep with no identification number and three motorcycles carrying two persons each,” they shot and killed seven persons and injured six others.
“Coincidentally, the Police Inspector lives just a pole away from where the previous attack took place,” Abattam disclosed.
However, Imo state has been a high alert by the Police to help in apprehending the other fleeing gunman.
