……CP orders dispatch completion of investigation and prosecution of suspects
……Calls on residents to promptly report acts of crime and criminality
The operatives of the Enugu State Command attached to the Abakaliki Road Police Station has traced to location and successfully arrested three of the 5-man armed robbery gang while two others were fatally wounded following credible information received at the Station on Friday, 27th November, 2020 at about 5pm that hoodlums, suspected to be armed robbers, were vandalizing street/traffic lights near Shoprite Shopping Mall Enugu.
In a press release signed by the Enugu State Police Command Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, he said that preliminary investigation reveals that on arrival, the Operatives were engaged in a gun duel by the suspects operating in a yellow mini commercial bus, and in the process two of them sustained bullet wounds and were later confirmed dead in the hospital; while three others namely: Anthony Peter (aged 28, resident at New Artisan, Enugu), Eze Chika (aged 20, resident at Ibagwa-Nike, Enugu) and Chika Ndu (aged 25, resident at Ezeama-Nike, Enugu) were arrested.
The Command spokesperson said all the suspects confessed to the crime, while some of their armed robbery victims have been able to identify them and the items they robbed from them at gun points.
Items recovered from them include one Pump Action Gun with two live cartridges, a dagger, assorted phones, an LG TV set, electronic cables, car batteries and cash sum of forty one thousand, seventy five naira all suspected to be stolen.
He further said that the Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmad AbdurRahman has directed the transfer of the case to the State CID for dispatch completion of discreet investigation and prosecution of the suspects.
He further calls on residents of the State to remain vigilant, law-abiding and promptly report suspected criminals and acts of criminality to the nearest Police Station.
