The Imo State Police Command, has disclosed its operatives killed four hoodlums, suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra/ Eastern Security Network, that attacked Omuma Police Station, in Oru East Local Government Area of the State.
Police said the hoodlums came in large numbers with various calibres of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) to Omuma Police Station on the 20th March, 2022, at about 0300 hours.
CP Rabiu Hussaini, the State Commissioner of Police, in a release made available to newsmen by the Command’s spokesman, Micheal Abattam said the criminals shot sporadically but were swiftly repelled by tactical teams and operatives of the DSS who responded immediately.
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According to the command: “The Police Operatives engaged them in a fierce gun duel and in the process, four of the bandits were neutralized on the spot, while others scampered into the bush having suffered a huge defeat, with a number of them sustaining various degrees of bullet wounds. There was no casualty on the side of the joint security operatives.
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“On the spot, five undetonated different capacities of Improvised Explosives Devices were recovered from the neutralized bandits and charms. The Police Bomb Unit have taken custody of the bombs for detonation.”
