The IMO police command have killed a dismissed Sergeant Martins Nwoke, who engaged them in a gun battle over serial kidnapping in the state. The special anti robbery squad of the IMO state police command killed the Dismissed Sergeant in a gun battle at hospital junction, PortHarcourt Road Owerri.
The Dismissed cop had gone to the area to sell the vehicle they snatched from one of their kidnapped victim.
A police source said at the hospital junction PortHarcourt Owerri, SARS operatives lead by their commander, Godfrey Victor, while on a tip- off, engaged two kidnappers and armed robbers in a gun duel. The two suspect fell to the superior fire power of the police, an ash coloured Toyota Camry with number plate, LSD 857 FR, suspected to have been robbed from a kidnapped victim, was recovered. Also recovered were one locally made pistol, two expended and one live cartridge, and charms of various kinds.
It is important to know that these two diseased suspects had been on our wanted list in cases of kidnapping and armed robberies. The dead suspects came into IMO state to sell trying to sell the cars at a give away prices. Our men closed in on them and when they saw us immediately opened fire at us but we over powered them.
It was further gathered that the diseased Sergeant was just coming out from the prison having been sentenced for Armed Robbery.
He was still living in the police barracks when he was killed. A source told our correspondent the State Police Relation Officer, Orlando Ikeokwu, who confirmed to our correspondent said the commissioner of police in the state Rabiu Ladodo, had ordered that every member of the gang be apprehended.
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