- Ikenga said the police personnel engaged the gang in a firefight, but the hoodlums had to bow to the superior firepower of the operatives
- The police spokesman said the third suspect managed to escape
A three-man criminal gang using a motorbike was stopped by the Anambra Police Command at Littlewood Estate in the state’s Obosi region.
DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the command’s spokesman, revealed this in a statement on Friday in Awka.
He claimed that the group was intercepted at around 11:30 on Thursday by agents who were out on patrol in Obosi, Idemili North Local Government Area.
According to Ikenga, the police officers engaged the gang in a gunfight, but the criminals were forced to submit to the operatives’ superior firepower.
He said the police operatives arrested two of the gang members with gunshot wounds, recovering two Berreta pistols with two rounds of ammunition.
Ikenga gave the names of the two arrested hoodlums as Amaechi Precious ‘,M’ aged 25 years, from Obosi and Almazer Avalumo,‘M’ aged 25 years, from Afikpo in Benue State.
The police spokesman said the third suspect managed to escape.
According to him, the Commissioner of Police in Anambra, CP Aderemi Adeoye, has charged police officers to sustain the fight against criminal elements wherever they may be lurking.
Ikenga urged members of the public to call the Command Control Room number 07039194332 or 112 for any security-related information they might wish to pass on to the police.