Officers of the Nigerian Police have neutralised three gunmen while others escaped with severe bullet wounds after a gun duel with suspected Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) members in the Imufu community within Igbo-Eze north local government area of Enugu state.
This is contained in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, on Friday, August 11.
Ndukwe said that the feat was achieved by a combined team of police special forces and police operatives serving in Igbo-Eze North Police Division of Enugu State Command in the early hours of Thursday, August 10.
Confirming the incident, the police spokesperson said items recovered from the hoodlums include four pump action guns, one locally fabricated revolver gun and pistol, each with 67 live cartridges, military camouflage uniforms, suspected fabrics of IPOB insignia, objects suspected to be amulets and others.
He disclosed that three of the hoodlums were neutralised in the gun battle, while many others escaosed with different degrees of gunshot sounds.
“Preliminary investigation reveals that the criminals were responsible for the shooting and killing of two Neighbourhood Watch Group security personnel on July 21 at about 1a.m at Umuagama in Enugu-Ezike community.
“The hoodlums also made several attempts to enforce the illegal sit-at-home order in some parts of the council area recently,” he said.
