The Imo State Police Command has announced the arrest of suspected killers of Major General Richard Duru (rtd). The Command also added that 552 live rounds of ammunition were recovered in the operation.
The Commands’s Public Relation Officer, ASP Henry Okoye stated this while briefing journalists at the Police Headquarters in Owerri.
Speaking on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, CP Aboki Danjuma, he expressed gladness at the arrest of the suspects.
According to him, the successful outcome of the arrest was as a result of the proactive operational strategies adopted by the men and officers of the command in the fight against violent crimes and other related offences in the State.
Okoye said that one of the breakthroughs recorded by the Command was the arrest of killers of Major General Richard Duru, Rtd.
Recall that the General was kidnapped along Bishops Court, Area 7, Orji/Uratta Owerri in his black Mercedes. However, the Police reported that Duru was later killed by his abductors after collecting 50,000 Dollars ransom from his family.
The PPRO further added that the arrest of the killers of the General was carried out by the operatives of anti-kidnapping unit of the command. He said they achieved the success through a sustained follow up of intelligent gathering. He maintained that the report led to the apprehension of the gang leader and other members of the terror group.
Okoye also revealed that one of the suspects, Chukwunonso Emmanuel, from Idemili North LGA Anambra State, was arrested in Lagos. He was arrested while trying to obtain a new number plate for the late General’s Mercedes Benz car.
The PPRO pointed that the further led to the arrest of the other two members of the gang. He gave their names as Okoroigwe Goodness and Innocent Ogu. He stated that both have confessed to the crime.
Okoye added that over the past two months, the Command had recorded significant achievements in the onslaught against crime and criminality in the State. He said this resulted in the arrest of 435 suspects for various criminal offenses. These include murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, terrorism, advance fee-fraud, cultism activities, stealing and receiving stolen properties.
He disclosed that “A total of 48 different firearms and 552 various calibers of live ammunition were recovered.
“In the course of intelligence-led operations, continuous raids of suspected criminal hideouts, and painstaking investigations, 13 kidnapped victims were rescued unhurt. 10 snatched vehicles were recovered,” he said.
source: Daily Post