- According to the Anambra State Police Command, during a gunfight with miscreants in the state’s Igbo Ukwu/Ezinifite Uga region, it neutralized a suspected shooter.
- In a statement issued on Monday, the command’s spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga, revealed that the police had come across the armed individuals on Sunday night about 11:30 p.m. while conducting a normal patrol of the area.
- According to Ikenga, the men engaged in a gun duel with the police but were unlucky as the police killed one while others fled the scene.
- “On 29/9/2024 by 11:30 pm, the police-led security force received information of suspected armed men sighted in a black-colored Prado Jeep along the Igbo Ukwu/Ezinifite Uga axis while on patrol within the Aguata LGA,” he stated.
- “As the operatives advanced on the scene, they engaged the armed men in a gunfight, demobilizing one of the miscreants while allowing the others to flee.” “As the operatives advanced on the scene, they engaged the armed men in a gunfight, demobilizing one of the miscreants while allowing the others to flee.”
- Also, the security forces recovered two AK 47 rifles, one pump action gun, two magazines loaded with live ammunition, 15 live cartridges, one black Prado jeep with two different plate numbers, two police body armoured vests, three face caps, one black handbag and different types of criminal charms.
Source:
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