Police Gun Down Two Armed Robbery Suspects In Enugu

The Enugu State Police Command says its anti-robbery operatives yesterday gunned down two armed robbery suspects while exchanging fire at Amalla on Obolloafor-Markurdi Road, in Udenu council area.
The command’s spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Enugu.
Amaraizu said that the suspects were gunned down about 3:50 a.m. yesterday while robbing one Sharon Mini bus along Obolloafor-Markurdi Road, at Amalla in Udenu council area.
He said that the operatives recovered a gun, iron bar and machetes from the suspects.
The command’s spokesman alleged that the two armed robbery kingpins had been a thorn on the flesh of the motorists plying Obolloafor-Markurdi Road, within Enugu State.
“It was gathered that the deceased hoodlums with their gang members had blocked the road with drums and were robbing passengers of one Sharon Mini Bus with Registration Number 804 XQ.
“When the police operatives acting on a distress call it received, swooped on them and in the ensuing gun duel between the operatives and the hoodlums, two of the hoodlums were gunned down,” he said.