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Police Intercept 753 GPMG Ammunition In Abakaliki, Nab Robbery Suspects

Nigeria Police has Intercepted 753 GPMG Ammunition In Abakaliki, Nab Onueke Robbery Suspect.
The Ammunition was sealed in a sack transported in a commercial vehicle.

Nigeria Police Force attached to the Ebonyi State Police Command has intercepted 753 live ammunition of General-Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG).

The Force Spokesman, Frank Mba in a statement said the ammunition was concealed in a sack being transported in a commercial vehicle.

The vehicle which was from Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria was heading to Umuahia in Abia State of the same region before it was intercepted.

In a related development, the police have also stormed the criminal hideout of suspects involved in the foiled commercial bank robbery at Onueke, Ebonyi State.

The robbery occurred on Tuesday, 27th April 2021.

After investigations, the hideout was located at Oriuzo village in Ezza North Local Government Area of the State.

Although the suspects on sighting the Police squad, opened fire on them, the Police team engaged them gallantly and professionally.

However, three members of the gang which includes two males and one female sustained bullet injuries during the exchange of gunfire, while others fled.

According to the statement,

“Two (2) Ak47 rifles, five (5) pump action guns, six (6) pistols, fifty (50) Ak47 ammunition, one hundred and twenty-six (126) cartridges, Jack knives, cutlasses, and a 40-page notebook containing inventories of ammunition purchased by the gang were recovered. A Honda Pilot Jeep with Reg No. ABJ 163 NV used for the foiled bank robbery was also recovered by the Police Team.”

The Police further traced the fled suspects to a shrine where the robbers usually go for mystical powers before embarking on their robbery operations.

Two of the suspects were eventually arrested from the shrine, which led to the arrest of additional three members of the gang.

Meanwhile, efforts are ongoing to arrest other fleeing members of the gang and their spiritual godfather – the chief priest of the shrine.

The Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Usman Alkali Baba, commended the State’s Commissioner of Police, Ebonyi State Police Command, CP Aliyu Garba, and officers of the command for excellently harnessing intelligence to nip the crimes in the bud.

Baba, however, assured citizens of the renewed commitment of the Force to improving public safety and combating all forms of violent crimes across the country.

at Oriuzo village in Ezza North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The suspects on sighting the Police squad, opened fire on them. The Police team engaged them gallantly and professionally. At the end, three (3) members of the gang including two (2) male and one (1) female met their waterloo following bullet injuries sustained during the exchange of gunfire. Other suspects fled in different directions.

Two (2) Ak47 riffles, five (5) pump action guns, six (6) pistols, fifty (50) Ak47 ammunition, one hundred and twenty-six (126) cartridges, Jack knives, cutlasses, and a 40-page notebook containing inventories of ammunition purchased by the gang were recovered. A Honda Pilot Jeep with Reg No. ABJ 163 NV used for the foiled bank robbery was also recovered by the Police Team.

Unrelenting in their quest to apprehend the remaining suspects, the Police team traced the suspects to a shrine where the robbers usually go for mystical powers before embarking on their robbery operations. Two (2) of the suspects were eventually arrested from the supposedly safe haven – the shrine, which led to the arrest of additional three (3) members of the gang. Meanwhile, efforts are ongoing to arrest other fleeing members of the gang and their spiritual godfather – the chief priest of the shrine.

The Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, fdc, while commending the Commissioner of Police, Ebonyi State Police Command, CP Aliyu Garba, psc (+) and officers of the command, for excellently harnessing intelligence to nip the crimes in the bud, assured citizens of the renewed commitment of the Force to improving public safety and combating all forms of violent crimes across the land.