Alleged killers of River States Assistant Superintendent of Police, two others apprehended

The Rivers state Police command has apprehended one Chimenem, a member of the criminal gang suspected to be the killer of three Police officers attached to Rumuolumeni Police Division of the state recently.

Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Nnamdi Omoni in a statement said Chimenem and his criminal gang members were responsible for the murder, and that he has already confessed to the crime.

He said their criminal hideout was raided by the joint operation of the Police and the Military following useful information from the public.

Omoni in the statement also said that five members of the gang were killed by the police in the confrontation that led to Chimenem’s arrest while arms and ammunitions were recovered.

According to the statement, “in its resolve to make the state uninhabitable for Armed Robbers and Kidnappers, the state Police command has again recorded a mile stone in crime fighting as the men of the Anti- Kidnapping Unit through a tip-off arrested one Chimenem a notorious kidnapper and armed robber who on interrogation confessed to being among the robbers who recently ambushed policemen that led to the killing of ASP Ofomah Daniel and two others of Rumuolumeni Police Division.

“Based on his confession, a joint operation by DPO Rumuolumeni, Anti-Kidnapping Unit and the Military raided a black spot at the Trans Kalabari Road, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt where the hoodlums engaged the men in a fierce gun duel leaving five of them fatally wounded.

“Consequently, one single barreled shot gun, one cut-to-size single barrel gun and five rounds of live cartridges were recovered from them, as others escaped with bullet wounds.

“Investigation is on-going at the Anti-kidnapping Unit.”

An Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP Daniel Ofomah and two others were said to have been ambushed and killed by unknown gunmen while on routine patrol Rumuolumeni.