The Enugu State Police Command has shot dead a wanted armed robbery kingpin, known as KC, during a gun duel between police and his gang members in the state.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, made the disclosure in a statement in Enugu on Wednesday.
He said police operatives recovered one locally-made pistol and three live cartridges from the deceased.
Amaraizu remarked that the confrontation that lasted over 30 minutes took place at the hide-out of the armed robbery kingpin and his gang in Obolloafor area of Udenu Local Government Area on April 7 at about 7 p.m.
He said: “Police operatives confronted the armed robbers and kidnappers in their hide-out following a coordinated intelligence information.”
Amaraizu said that the armed robbers engaged security operatives before they were overpowered just as the deceased hoodlum got injured.
He said: ‘‘He was rushed by police operatives to a nearby hospital for medical attention and was later confirmed dead by a doctor on duty.
“Others believed to have escaped with bullet injuries are being searched for, with an intensified manhunt on them.”
The police spokesman, however, said that a full scale investigation had commenced into the incident.
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