Two suspected kidnappers were reportedly killed and their victims were rescued by the police command in Imo State along Umuezorokam-Avu in the Owerri West Local Government Area., LGA.
The order additionally recuperated one privately made slice to-measure firearm, two cutlasses, and charms in their control.
In a statement that was made available to journalists on Thursday, Henry Okoye, the command’s spokesperson, said that in response to a distress call that was received on August 29, 2023, at approximately 12:30 p.m. from a Good Samaritan, the operatives saw hoodlums armed with dangerous weapons attacking a young man named (withheld) along Umuezorokam-Avu in Owerri West LGA with a machete in an effort to
The assertion peruses, “The DPO responsible for Nekede Divisional Base camp quickly assembled his men and raged the scene with the help of the Neighborhood vigilantes.
“When the crooks saw the police, they opened fire right away, but they were stopped by the professionalism and strong resistance of the always-glamourous agents, who moved into a vintage position and fired back.
“In the resulting firearm duel, two of the lawbreaker organizations were killed while others disappeared to the bordering brambles with different levels of gunfire wounds. Endeavors are in top stuff to capture other escaping individuals from the lawbreaker organization.
“On looking the killed punks, one privately made slice to-estimate weapon, two cutlasses, and charms were recuperated in their control.
“The casualty was saved with a profound cleaver cut on his hand and different pieces of his body and was promptly raced to Government Clinical Center Owerri, where he is right now getting clinical consideration while the inert groups of the killed gangsters have been stored at the funeral home for safeguarding.
“While complimenting DPO Nekede, his men, and the neighborhood vigilantes for an unparalleled piece of handiwork, the Chief of Police Imo State, CP Mohammed Ahmed Barde, reaffirmed the Order’s unsettled obligation to guaranteeing that the life and properties of one and all in the State are enough secured.
“All the more in this way, the CP expressed areas of strength for in that there will be no concealing spot for criminally disapproved of components across the length and expansiveness of Imo and enticed on Imolite to keep on supporting the Police and other sister security organizations in the surge against all types of wrongdoing and culpability in the state.”