Two members of an armed gang that targets the people of Obosi, Idemili North Local Government Area, for terrorizing have been detained by the Anambra State Police Command.
In a news release announcing the arrest, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the Command’s spokesperson, claimed that the gang of criminals had been entangling with police officers when they were seized.
Part of Ikenga’s press release read: “Police personnel in Obosi, while on patrol on 20/7/2023 at about 11:30 pm intercepted a 3-man criminal gang riding in a tricycle around Littlewood Estate.
“The gang, which engaged police operatives in a firefight, bowed to superior firepower of the operatives who arrested two of them with gunshot wounds.
“Two Berreta pistols and two rounds of ammunition were recovered from the hoodlums. The third suspect managed to escape.
“The arrested suspects are Amaechi Precious ‘M’ aged 25 years from Obosi and Almazer Avalumo ‘M’ aged 25 years from Adikpo in Benue State.”
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye, has charged police officers to sustain the fight against criminal elements wherever they may be lurking.