How Police killed four hoodlums enforcing sit-at-home In Enugu

The Enugu State Police Command has confirmed the death of four hoodlums who on the early hours of Friday sustained gunshot wounds following a gun duel with police operatives.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe disclosed the discovery of the lifeless bodies of the four hoodlums in a forest behind G. Ede Filling Station/7-Up, at Awkunanaw, Enugu, where they escaped into late Friday night.

“Further to the earlier report on Police Operatives serving in Awkunanaw Division of the Command, dislodging armed subversive criminal elements, who attempted to enforce the illegal sit-at-home order, in the early hours of today, 07/07/2023, a combined team of tactical Police Operatives of the Command have further discovered and recovered the lifeless bodies of four (4) of the male hoodlums, in a forest behind G. Ede Filling Station/7-Up, at Awkunanaw, Enugu, where they escaped into”

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Recall that the Police Operatives intercepted the criminals at One-Day, Awkunanaw, Enugu, while they attempted snatching an ENTRACO branded Sharon Minivan from its driver at gunpoint.
They consequently engaged the operatives in a gun battle, but escaped with varying degrees of fatal gunshot wounds, due to the superior firepower of officers of the police Force.
According to a police statement obtained late Friday night by Dome News, “a manhunt operation was launched by the combined team, while a thorough search conducted on the vehicle led to the recovery of one (1) AK-47 rifle with a magazine loaded with nineteen (19) live ammunition of 7.62 calibres, two (2) bottles of petrol bomb and other incriminating exhibits.”

Meanwhile , the Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Ammani, again reassured that the Police and other Security Forces in the State shall not relent in their efforts to maintain maximum security and safety of the law-abiding citizens, as they go about their lawful businesses, and further solicited for continued support.