Three members of a five-man notorious armed robbery gang said to be terrorising the residents of Onitsha metropolis and its environs were killed when Police operatives of the Anambra State Command smashed the gang on Sunday.

The robbers met their Waterloo in a confrontation with the police operatives at the Ibekwe Junction by Ugwunakpamkpa in Inland Town, located in the commercial city of Onitsha, after a gun battle with the police, late on Sunday.

Our correspondent who visited the area on Monday, gathered that the security operatives, who were patrolling the area, opened fire on the five-man gang, resulting in the death of three of the robbers, while one escaped with gunshot wounds and another was captured alive.

Some of the residents, who spoke to PUNCH Metro, expressed delight, saying respite and calm would return to the area following the development.

One of the residents, Mrs Ijeoma, said, “The gang is famous for snatching vehicles at gunpoint in Onitsha and its surrounding areas. They attempted to ambush a flashy vehicle at the junction without realising that it was occupied by police officers on patrol.

“We express our gratitude for the police action, hoping that this marks the end of the gang’s reign of terror in the area.”

During interrogation by the police officers, the sole surviving gang member (name withheld) who claims to be a resident of Kaduna Street, Fegge, Onitsha, said the gang had intended to seize the vehicle, believing it belonged to a civilian.

“However, as soon as we moved to attack, the police officers responded with immediate force, taking out three of our gang on the spot and recovering two firearms from the scene,” he added.

The suspect, who is in police custody, also revealed startling details during his interrogation.

He confessed that the guns used in their operations were supplied by a notorious cultist, who also provided the gang with weapons and served as the receiver of their stolen vehicles and other loot.

Speaking to journalists, the police operatives, who craved anonymity because they were not authorised to speak, assured the public that the investigation into the gang’s activities would continue, with a manhunt launched to apprehend the remaining gang member, who escaped with injuries.

The Anambra State Police Command, through the spokesman SP Tochukwu Ikenga, commended the bravery and quick response of the officers involved in the operation and emphasised the ongoing effort to crack down on criminal elements operating within the State.

Source: https://punchng.com/three-killed-as-police-smash-five-man-anambra-robbery-gang/

Almighty God Help Us Out In This Anambra.

Thiss was supposed to be good news, but the way police usually rush to kill people accused of armed robbery is getting suspicious.

But if it have political undertones, they will keep the people to implicate people like the 20 man robbery squad who killed 33 innocent people in Offa, Kwara state.

Good news.
Hopefully those caught will face the full arm of the law.

As usual

Death to all robbers, kidnappers etc

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Kudos to the gallant officers

Omo, the face don condemn

No peace for the wicked

Imagine able bodied men doing crime. Na wa o

Very good. Their type should never be tolerated

vanbonattel:
Thiss was supposed to be good news, but the way police usually rush to kill people accused of armed robbery is getting suspicious.

But if it have political undertones, they will keep the people to implicate people like the 20 man robbery squad who killed 33 innocent people in Offa, Kwara state.

It's a true story my elder brother witnessed the robbery, He sent me the live video

Wetin happen to this man face like dis, face don baje

Toosure70:
Wetin happen to this man face like dis, face don baje

Welcome To BAD NEWS

Timo29nfe:
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sell your family houses and become dangote nau

Nah Developers to developers, man no go vex

Billionaire people, with their lands full of mansions and honey

Good

Police you try this time around

Good
Kill them all

wow

ANAMBARA again??

Kudos to the police though...

Federal government should deescalate tension in South East.

Simon Ekpa is fingered to be behind the mayhem and crimes in southeast. He Is domiciled in Finland. Federal government is doing nothing to extradite him back to Nigeria to pay for his crimes.

I don't see any difficulty bringing him back to Nigeria to pay for his crimes. Amaka was easily fished out in Canada for her inciting comments and anti Yoruba sentiment.

Why then the delay in bringing Simon Ekpa?

I'm trying to believe the narrative that federal authorities have hands in the mayhem in southeast. Maybe ,to keep the region in perpetual darkness.

Why, again, Is it difficult to release Nnamdi KANU when supreme court has released him from treasonable charges.? He was renditioned from Kenya since July 2021 and kept incommunicado.

No nation makes progress under this warped template!

Crime is never the way
Your own duh finish

Deve.

These people and crime are like siamese twins

Hehehe

90% of Igbos won't like this news.

Na bad news

Smelly bastards.our Igbo neighbours will say they were innocent. They will also say the gunmen are government people, even if security men are also Killed. Just pay attention to comments of those condemning the killing of the armed robbers