Two suspected armed robbers shot dead by police in Imo

During a gun duel between the arm robbers and the operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of Imo state police command,  two suspected armed robbers were shot dead in Akokwa, in the Ideato North Local Government Area of the State.
A police source who knew when the two corpses were brought to the police command in Owerri, said the exchange of gunfire between policemen and the suspects took place at about 9.30pm on Monday at a drinking joint in Akokwa.

According to him, the six-man gang arrived in a bus with number plate, Anambra FGG 62 YM, when they got to the joint, the robbers shot indiscriminately into the air before ordering all customers. The joint owner and his children to lie down.

Adding that “On receiving information that the gang was operating, SARS operatives mobilised to the scene. On sighting our men, they opened fire on them, but we were able to gun down two, while four escaped with bullet injuries.”

The shop owner, Elochukwu Irechukwu, said the gunmen robbed him and his customers of money, phones, generator and other valuables.