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Police Foil Attack On Imo Palace, Kill Six Hoodlums

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3 years ago

May 17, 2022.

Yinka Akanbi

According to the Police, the hoodlums in their numbers were sighted in three Hilux vehicles shooting sporadically, fiercely advancing towards the palace
When the hoodlums sighted the combined team, they engaged the security operatives in a gun duel, throwing petrol bombs

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that six hoodlums suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have been killed in Imo State, following their attempt to unleash terror at the palace of the state’s Chairman Council of Traditional Rulers, His Royal Highness Eze Dr E. C Okeke.

Police spokesman, CSP Michael Abattam, in a statement on Monday said that hoodlums in their numbers were sighted in three Hilux vehicles shooting sporadically, fiercely advancing towards the palace.

On receipt of the information, the Command’s Tactical Team joined by the military immediately mobilized and rushed to the King’s house.

When the hoodlums sighted the combined team, they engaged the security operatives in a gun duel, throwing petrol bombs.

CSP Abattam noted that the “gallant team responded, positioning themselves professionally.

“In the exchange of gun fire that ensued, the hoodlums were overwhelmed due to the superior fire-power of the combined team and in the process, six of the hoodlums were neutralized while others escaped with various degrees of gunshot injuries”.

According to him, the combined team did not relent in their effort, they chased the hoodlums recovering one pump action gun, three blood stained cutlasses and three Hilux Vehicles suspected to have been snatched from innocent citizens.

The police spokesman said calm has been restored in the area and the corpses of the neutralized criminals have been removed and deposited in the mortuary.

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He further revealed that on the side of the combined team, no life was lost, but one of the police vehicles got burnt due to the fire from the petrol bomb.

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