Security agents
rescue nine hostages,
kill four robbers
Its Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO),
Nnamdi Omoni, who made this known in
Port Harcourt, said the nine rescued
persons were abducted two weeks ago from
a commercial bus in Ogba/Egbeme/Ndoni
council area.
The Rivers State Police Command yesterday
disclosed that it has rescued nine kidnap
victims in different operations and killed
four suspected armed robber in the state.
Its Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO),
Nnamdi Omoni, who made this known in
Port Harcourt, said the nine rescued
persons were abducted two weeks ago from
a commercial bus in Ogba/Egbeme/Ndoni
council area.
Omoni said the Inspector General of Police
Monitoring Unit led by Igwe Benneth had
responded to a distress call in an estate
near the University of Port Harcourt
where an exchange of gunfire ensued
during which the four robbers were killed.
He said on June 19, men of the Egbeda
Divisional Anti- Crime patrol stormed a
forest at Egbeda where kidnappers held
nine passengers who were abducted on
their way to Port Harcourt on June 16,
2017.
“They fired tear gas into the forest where
the kidnappers were choked and confused
thereby abandoning the victims who were
rescued unhurt. They were dislodged and a
manhunt was launched.
Omoni explained that on June 18, the IGP
Monitoring Unit led by Benneth responded
to a distress call of three armed-robbery
gang who were robbing from flat to flat.
But, on sighting the Police, the robbers
engaged them and in the ensued gun battle,
three of the four robbers were killed while
one escaped with gunshot wounds.
He said the Mini-Okoro Divisional Anti-
Robbery Squad responded to a distress call
that four armed robbers were robbing
people after barricading the Old Aba Road.
“On arriving the scene, the robbers
engaged the Police in fierce shoot out but
retaliation from the Police got one of them
wounded. He was later identified as
Ikechukwu aka Ezeke. He died on the way
to the Hospital, he added.
He said several ammunition and guns were
recovered during a combined raid by the
IGP team, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad
(SARS) and Anti-Kidnapping Unit against
cultists, kidnappers and robbers in the state.

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