The Enugu State Police Command has smashed a six-man armed robbery gang and captured four of the gang members operating within 9th Mile Corner on the outskirts of Enugu. The Command’s spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement on Monday that the armed gang had been robbing travellers coming from Lagos and heading towards Benue State for Christmas before they were confronted by police operatives. The spokesman said that the smashed six-man armed robbery gang specialised in blocking highways, hijacking buses with passengers and taking them to a secluded portion of the bush. “The arrested fatally-injured armed robbery suspects later gave their names as Kenneth Eze, Ojobo Ude, Emeka Eze and Sunday Ugwu. Amaraizu said that police had intensified manhunt for the fleeing injured members of the gang.

Source: The Guardian December 25, 2017 12:00 UTC