The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the killing of three members belonging to a gang responsible for the fatal assault on two police officers at Uga Roundabout in Aguata Local Government Area.
According to The PUNCH, the Commissioner of Police CP Aderemi Adeoye disclosed this development on Monday.
CP Adeoye reported that the perpetrators were confronted and killed during a raid on their hideout in Ogboji, Orumba South Local Government Area, following an intensive manhunt stemming from gathered intelligence.
Highlighting the gang’s subsequent attack in the same vicinity on Saturday, CP Adeoye noted that security personnel successfully repelled the assailants, leading to the rescue of a 51-year-old kidnap victim during the operation.
Moreover, authorities recovered several items, including a Lexus Jeep, four Improvised Explosive Devices, two pump-action firearms, and 16 live cartridges from the criminals involved in the incidents.
He said, “The third body of the gang members has just been recovered by the police, bringing the total number of three insurgents that have so far been killed.
“The action was carried out on Sunday night based on intelligence gathering. We identified where the gang was coming from and their route and modus operandi and we launched a manhunt on them and we were trailing them until we got them at their camp at Ogboji in Orumba South Local Government Area, on Sunday.
“After the attack on Thursday, they launched another one on Saturday. They had thought that having killed two policemen in the area, they would have a field day and nobody would dare confront them, that was where we trailed them till we got them. It was in the process that we rescued the 51-year-old kidnap victim.
“The police officers that paid the supreme price were from Enugu State and they were on a special mission. The manhunt for the assailants and every criminal element in the state would continue.
“We urge the citizens and holidaymakers to go on with their lawful activities without fear. We will soon make public further development on the matter.”
