Operatives of the Awkunanaw Division of Enugu State Police
Command have smashed a car snatching kingpin, identified as one Onovo, who had
been on the wanted list of the Enugu State Police Command for heinous crimes
perpetrated by his gang in recent times has been killed.
Onovo was the leader of a notorious armed robbery and car
snatching syndicate, which had allegedly been terrorizing motorists and
residents of Enugu metropolis and its environs.
Read comments by the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr.
Ebere Amaraizu…
“The gang leader met his waterloo on December 16 at 8p.m.,
when the suspect in the company of his other gang members, having snatched an
ash-coloured Passat car around Mount Street, off Agbani Road, Enugu, confronted
the operatives who were already on their trail.
“On sighting the operatives, the gang opened fire on their
vehicle and in the ensuing gun battle, one of them was gunned down while other
members of the gang, believed to have sustained various degrees of gunshot
injuries, escaped and abandoned the snatched car.
“The deceased kingpin, Onovo, had been terrorizing the lives
of innocent citizens of Achara Layout of Uwani, One Day axis of Awkunanaw and
Ikirike axis of the state and its environs.
“Recovered from the gang were two English cut-to-size pump
action guns, a locally-made double-barrelled pistol and some phones.
“Meanwhile, full scale investigations have commenced with a
view to arresting his gang members, just as the command is appealing to members
of the public and hospital operators for useful and timely information on any
one with suspected bullet wounds for necessary action.”
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