BY ANAYO OKOLI
UMUAHIA—ABIA State Police Command has
recovered the two AK 47 riffles belonging to
two inspectors attached to the command
who were killed two weeks ago by armed
robbers.
The slain inspectors, Jimmy John and
Kingsley, were killed along Enugu-Port
Harcourt expressway when they were
attacked by armed robbers while escorting
a Pool magnet moving money from Aba.
The command also said it recovered one
military riffle in the same bush where the
two Police AK 47 rifles were recovered.
According to the Abia State Police
Commissioner, Mohammed Tilli Abubakar,
the rifles were recovered in a bush at
Umuawa Alaocha Ohuhu in Umuahia.
However, no arrest has so far been made as
he said that the hoodlums who hid the
weapons in the bush fled.
Abubakar also announced that his men
arrested criminals who specialize in
snatching car, especially Toyota Camry
brand.
“Following a tip-off that two men operating
on a motorcycle suspected to be hoodlums
were sighted in a bush at Umuawa Alaocha
Ohuhu in Umuahia, Police operatives were
dispatched to the area.
“Three AK 47 rifles and one Military riffle
concealed in a big bag and buried in the
ground were recovered.
“Examination of the riffles revealed that two
of the AK 47 riffles were those taken from
Inspectors Jimmy John and Kingsley Etuk
shot dead on December 7, 2013, along Aba-
Enugu express road by hoodlums. Efforts
are still intensified to track down the fleeing
hoodlums,” the CP said.