Killer of police inspector killed in Imo

Chimaobi Okorie, the suspected killer of Inspector of Police Vincent Umeh attached to Zone 9 Umuahia, Abia State, has been shot dead by the operatives of the Imo State Police Command.

The deceased suspect with his gang had on the same incident killed a 30-year-old staff of Ecobank in Okigwe town , Enyioma Okwudiri, Okigwe Local Government Area of the state.

The killing of the suspect came nine days after some policemen killed another suspected mastermind of the killings, identified as Amobi, aka, Toosolo, in Aba, Abia State.

Some gunmen had on March 1, 2017, shot dead the inspector on EnuguPort Harcourt expressway and made away with his Toyota Corolla which he was travelling in.

They equally attacked and killed Okwudiri and a 38-year old Nanman Lamak from Plateau State. Some of the rampaging gunmen also shot dead two other persons who were making use of an Automated Teller Machine before fleeing Okigwe town.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Andrew Enwerem, who confirmed the killing of the suspected armed robber, told Daily Trust yesterday in Owerri that he was arrested on Sunday at a guest house in Okigwe town following a tipoff.

Enwerem stressed that Okorie was part of the gang that killed over five persons on March 1, 2017, which included the slain inspector and the suspected armed robber engaged policemen in a gun duel on sighting the presence of the operatives of the command at the guest house.

He said that the criminal gang on sighting his men at the premises of Beghe Guest Inn, Okigwe, engaged them in a shootout and attempted to escape through the fence of the hotel, but they were demobilized by the operatives.

He said that the deceased kingpin was taken to the hospital for treatment but was later confirmed dead by the doctor.