GOVERNMENT OF CROSSRIVER DEMOLISHES KIDNAPPERS HOUSES IN CALABAR
In the early hours of Thursday, some unidentified men attacked a team of policemen in Delta State attached to the Inspector General of Police, IGP Special Taskforce on Petroleum and Illegal Bunkering killing one of the policemen in the team.
The incident according to security sources, occurred at the Evwreni axis of the East-West road in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State.
Though efforts to speak with the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Onome Onowakpoyeya were fruitless, a source from Evwreni community who denied involvement of the community with the incident, said the incident occurred at about 3:40a.m on Thursday.
The source who spoke on condition of anonymity said the two hoodlums who came in a motorcycle, took the Police team off guard and attempted to flee with the official rifle of the slain policeman.
According to the source, “two of the policemen identified as Inspector Yusuf Adamu and Sergeant Andrew Azim were deployed to the Evwreni axis of the East-West road.
“It appeared that they were asleep when the boys struck. During the attack, the inspector was shot and was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident which also resulted in a shootout “The gunmen were however repelled during the attack and his AK47 rifle recovered with the gunmen fleeing into the night.”
The two were arrested alongside four others for the kidnapping of Ekwele Ignatius Agube the wife of Justice Ignatius Agube and the killing of her aide in July. Others arrested with the two kidnappers are Christopher Effa Eyo, 28, Bassey Effiong, 30, Etim Effiong, 30, years.
Leading the demolition team, Mr Alfred Mboto, the Permanente Secretary in the State Security Adviser’s office warned that anyone arrested for kidnapping, cultism, and drug-related offenses would have his property pulled down except the “ person lives in a family house or rented apartment” He said the state has zero-tolerance for criminal activity and warned that all those arrested for the kidnapping of Justice Agube s wife will be made t appear in court .
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