The Imo Police Command said it has arrested
14 out of 15 kidnap suspects in connection
with the murder of one Emeka Esieme and
two policemen in Oguta in February.
Mohammed Katsina, the state Commissioner for
Police, made this known to newsmen in Owerri on
Tuesday.
"The gang members opened fire when they sighted
the anti-kidnap police team. This led to their
arrest," he said.
According to the commissioner, the gang was
responsible for the robbery at the Orlu branch of
UBA in 2012 and First Bank in Amaraku in 2013.
He said one Osueke, their leader, escaped arrest in
February when he ran off to Lagos.
"Osueke sneaked into Owerri last night and
assembled his recruits at a hideout in Umutako
Ifeakala in Mbaitoli where they were planning to
adopt a prominent woman at a meeting.
"They were engaged in massive gun fire by our
nearby anti-kidnapping squad during which the
gang leader, one Emeka Osueke, alias Ogbanje,
was gunned down'', the police commissioner said.
The commissioner said that one of the gang
members fled and abandoned one AK47 rifle
believed to be one of the two rifles snatched from
the slain policemen.
He listed other items recovered from the gang to
include one military assault rifle, 162 AK47 live
ammunitions, seven AK47 magazines and four
mobile phones.
The commissioner said three pump action guns and
50 live cartridges, one English pistol; two single
barrel guns, one cut-to-size single barrel gun, one
double barrel gun and three locally made pistols
were recovered from their hideout.
Mr. Katsina said the command will not relent in
fighting and preventing crime and advised
members of the public to steer away from it.
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