3 suspected robbers die in gun duel with police

Three suspected armed robbers met their death during a gun battle yesterday with operatives of the Anti-Vice Squad of the Nigeria Police Force Zone Headquarters, Umuahia, Abia State along Udi-Ozalla road, Enugu.

The Enugu State Police Command spokesman, Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the incident in a statement issued in Enugu yesterday, said the robbers were, however, overpowered by the operatives who smashed the gang and recovered their weapons.

Amaraizu said the Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Mr Danmallam Mohammed, has commended the operatives for the feat, although some of the gang members must have escaped with bullet wounds.

Amaraizu explained that the operatives “had on 4/12/17 at about 8am through intelligence information and a coordinated operation along Udi Ozalla road, launched an onslaught on the hideout of suspected hoodlums and in the ensuing gun battle, three of the suspects were fatally injured and later confirmed dead.”

He said the “ensuing gun duel between the operatives and suspected hoodlums may have left some of the fleeing gang members” with various degrees of injuries.”

Hence the “command advised members of the public particularly hospital operators to watch out for those that will visit their hospital with injuries suspected to be that of bullet and report promptly to any nearby police station or formation for necessary action.”