By: Our Correspondent
The Rivers State Police Command says it has apprehended one Chimenem, a member of a notorious criminal gang suspected to have killed three police officers attached to Rumuolumeni Police Division in the state recently.
Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Nnamdi Omoni in a statement said Chimenem and his criminal gang members have already confessed to the crime.
He said the criminal hideout of the bandits was raided by the joint operation of the Police and the Military following information from the public.
The Rivers police image-maker also said that five members of the gang were killed by the police in the confrontation that led to Chimenem’s arrest while arms and ammunitions were recovered.
Part of the statement reads thus, “in its resolve to make the state uninhabitable for Armed Robbers and Kidnappers, the state Police command has again recorded a mile stone in crime fighting as the men of the Anti- Kidnapping Unit through a tip-off arrested one Chimenem a notorious kidnapper and armed robber who on interrogation confessed to being among the robbers who recently ambushed policemen that led to the killing of ASP Ofomah Daniel and two others of Rumuolumeni Police Division.
“Based on his confession, a joint operation by DPO Rumuolumeni, Anti-Kidnapping Unit and the Military raided a black spot at the Trans Kalabari Road, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt where the hoodlums engaged the men on a fierce gun duel leaving five of them fatally wounded.
“Consequently, one single barreled shot gun, one cut-to-size single barrel gun and five rounds of live cartridges were recovered from them, as others escaped with bullet wounds.
“Investigation is on-going at the Anti-kidnapping Unit.”
