14th January, 2016
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt
The Rivers State Police Command has foiled an armed robbery attack at a petrol station along East-West road by Etohu in Tai Local Government Area in Ogoniland.
Two of the robbers were shot dead, while one of the fleeing robbery suspects, 28-year-old Emeka Eze, was arrested.
A press statement issued by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmad Muhammad, said that on Wednesday, 13 January at about 3:30 pm, a team of policemen acting on a tip off stormed the robbery scene at a petrol station.
The armed robbers who saw the police approaching them fled the scene but were chased and engaged in a gun fight by the anti-robbery squad.
“As the police gave them hot chase, a gun duel ensued and in the process two of the armed robbers were fatally wounded while others escaped with gunshot wounds after they were over-powered by the overwhelming fire power of the police.
“One fleeing armed robbers, namely Emeka Eze, 28, was later arrested following immediate combing of bush around the scene.”
The police anti-robbery squad recovered from them one AK 47 rifle, one magazine and 20 rounds of 7.62 live ammunition.