The police on Friday busted a gang of gunmen wanting to enforce an illegal sit-at-home order in Enugu early in the day.
The order was given by Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) for residents of the South-East region to stay at home for one week.
The Enugu Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Command, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, stated this in a statement issued in Enugu Friday evening.
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#DSP Ndukwe stated that a further manhunt by a combined team of tactical police operatives of the Command after an early morning clash with the gunmen led to the recovery of the lifeless bodies of four of the male hoodlums in a forest at Awkunanaw, Enugu, where they escaped into.
Recall that police reported that operatives of the command intercepted the criminals at One-Day, Awkunanaw, Enugu, as they attempted to snatch an Enugu State Transport Company, ENTRACO-branded Sharon mini-van from its driver at gunpoint for their operation.
The police were said to have engaged the operatives in a gun duel, but escaped with varying degrees of fatal gunshot wounds, due to the superior firepower of the operatives, leaving behind one AK-47 rifle with a magazine loaded with 19-live ammunition of 7.62 calibres, two bottles of petrol bomb and other incriminating exhibits.
Meanwhile, the Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Ammani, has reassured that the police and other security forces in the state would not relent in their efforts to maintain maximum security and safety of the law-abiding citizens.
The Police Commissioner urged citizens and residents of Enugu to go about their lawful businesses, and solicited the continued support of the people.
Similarly, the Ebonyi State Police Command arrested persons said to be responsible for shootings in parts of the state on Tuesday.
Parading the suspects at the command headquarters in Abakaliki, the state capital on Friday, the Ebonyi commissioner of Police, Faleye Olaleye, revealed that his men nabbed 15 suspects including a herbalist who prepares charms for the gunmen.
Some of the gunmen were also said to have invaded parts of Abakaliki shooting sporadically to enforce the sit-at-home order by the pro-Biafra agitators.
