The Enugu State Police Command Friday killed a gang of 4 gunmen, who attempted to enforce a sit-at-home order in Enugu in the early hours of the day.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Command, DSP Daniel Ndukwe made this known, in a statement he issued in Enugu Friday evening.
Ndukwe disclosed that a further manhunt by a combined team of tactical police operatives of the Command after an early morning clash with the gunmen led to the recovery of the lifeless bodies of four of the male hoodlums in a forest at Awkunanaw, Enugu, where they escaped into.
The Police had earlier on Friday reported that operatives of the command intercepted the criminals at One-Day, Awkunanaw, Enugu, as they attempted to snatch an Enugu State Transport Company, ENTRACO-branded Sharon mini van from its driver at gunpoint for their operation.
The report said that the gunmen engaged the operatives in a gun duel, but escaped with varying degrees of fatal gunshot wounds, due to the superior firepower of the operatives, leaving behind one AK-47 rifle with a magazine loaded with 19 live ammunition of 7.62 calibres, two bottles of petrol bomb and other incriminating exhibits, according to the police.
In a related development,the Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested persons they said are responsible for shootings in parts of the state on Tuesday.
The Commissioner of Police,CP Faleye Olaleye while parading the suspects at the command headquarters in Abakaliki, the state capital on Friday, explained that his men apprehended 15 suspects including a herbalist who prepares charms for the gunmen.
Reports indicate that some of the gunmen invaded parts of Abakaliki shooting sporadically to enforce the sit-at-home order by members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra ( IPOB).
