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The Imo State Police Command has repelled armed bandits who attempted an attack on a police facility at Omuma community in Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State and arrested 11 suspects.
The armed men were said to be in a convoy of three vehicles heading for the attack in the community before the tactical teams of the Nigeria Police Force went after them.
The Area Commander, (ACP) Benjamin Abang of Omuma Area Command, stated that, based on information received that bandits were sighted moving in convoy into Omuma town, he immediately alerted the ever-active tactical teams of the command who swung into action, ambushed and launched a surprising attack on the convoy of the bandits which resulted in the neutralisation of six of the bandits while, eleven of them were arrested.
The Commissioner of Police Imo State, CP Yabutu Yaro, through a statement issued in Owerri by the Command Public Relations Officer, CSP Michael Abatham, regretted that a police officer, CSP Fatmann Dooiyor, paid the supreme price.
He said that the teams later recovered the three vehicles abandoned by the bandits to the station which include, two Toyota Highlander SUV vehicles with registration numbers Abia MBL 517 AT and LAGOS, JJJ 984 EL respectively and a milk colour unregistered Lexus Jeep to the station.
The Police boss said that presently, the command’s tactical teams and Special forces led by ACP Evans E. Shem were combing the bush for possible arrest of the bandits that fled into the bush.
Yaro warned that bandits with a penchant for sporadic incursion from neighbouring states to keep off the state or face dire consequences.
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