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Rivers State Killings: Major Suspect Nabbed By Police by theJournalng(m): 7:58pm On Jan 11, 2018 |
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Thursday, said that a major suspect of the January 1 killings in Omoku, Rivers State, identified as Desmond Okotubo, has been apprehended. No fewer than 15 people were killed by a faceless group in Omoku, Ogba/Egbema/ Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. The suspect, Desmond Okotubo was arrested in Mpape area of Abuja after the attack. Those who were killed had gone to their various churches for the crossover night service before they were ambushed by the attackers. Some of the victims included a man, his wife and four children. The suspect, Desmond Okotubo, 32-year- old, who hails from Egbema in Rivers State admitted to his involvement in the attack alongside the late Commander of the group, Chief Igwedibia, a.k.a “General Don Wanny.” It was disclosed by the police that six members of the group were killed in a gun battle that lasted for hours. Spokesman of the Police Force, Jimoh Moshood said, “The IGP Intelligence Response Team attached to the Joint Police Special Investigation Team engaged some of the suspects in their hideouts in Awara Forest boundary between Imo and Rivers State, the shootout which lasted for some hours lead to the death of six of the suspects while others escaped with varying degree of bullet wounds to other locations in Rivers, Delta, Imo and Bayelsa States, they are currently in hot pursuit by the police teams.” The IGP Intelligence Response Team working on an actionable intelligence further identified Desmond Okotubo who escaped on the 3rd January, 2018 to Abuja after a shootout with the police team in a location in Imo State. He was trailed to Mpape in Abuja where he was arrested after serious resistance on the 9th January, 2018. The major suspect Desmond Okotubo, a native of Egbenma from Unelga LGA in Rivers State, confessed to be one of the masterminds of the gang and actively partaked in the killings of innocent people in Omoku, Rivers State on New Year day. ‘He also gave a detailed information of how they planned the attacks in Awara Town Imo State before they carried out the plan.’ source: journalng.com https://journalng.com/2018/01/11/rivers-state-killings-major-suspect-nabbed-police/ |
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