The gang led by Ifedilichukwu Nwankwo allegedly chopped off the ear of a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Ajali Division (name withheld) who was at Nanka to make arrest. Okechukwu also said that the gang burnt down a police Hilux van during an arrest in the community.
He said: “On June 20, 2016 a team led by the DPO in charge of Ajali Division, was ambushed at Nanka by the gang when they went to effect arrest. “The DPO was robbed of his handset and cash.
He was stripped while one of his ears was chopped off. Equally, his uniform was torn to shreds.” According to him, the DPO is currently receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital.
The police image maker added that several cases of armed robbery/kidnapping, rape and assassination were trailed to Nanka, the reason police detectives made several but unsuccessful attempts to arrest the kingpins.
Also, the gang was said to have lured Adimora Emmanuel (now late) of Agbaja village, Abatete to Atani where they robbed him of his Toyota Camry car with registration number FST962 DL valued at N950,000. According to him, the suspects beat Emmanuel to death and dumped his body in the bush at Atanihe.
He added that the decomposing body was discovered after four days. The suspect, who had been on the run, was later arrested last Friday and had confessed to the crime, the PPRO said. Also paraded was another gang of suspects led by Elochukwu Ikechukwu aka Idemili, a National Diploma student of a higher institution in the state, alleged to have conspired with others at large.
Parading the suspects at the State Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) office at Awkuzu in Oyi Local Government Area, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Ali Okechukwu, said the Nanka community had been liberated by the arrest of the gang.
He said: “On February 2, 2014 about 9a.m., Okechukwu Udezuka of Oraifite and Ebuka (surname unknown) were shot dead at Tarzan in Nkpor by a gang of armed robbers. “In the course of investigation, Emmanuel Nwabudu, Chigozie Nweke aka Achito were arrested.
“The suspects confessed that Ifedilichukwu Nwankwo of Nanka and others as those who attacked and killed Okechukwu Udezuka and Ebuka. Every attempt to arrest Ifedidilichukwu and his gang members proved abortive.” The PPRO added that on June 27, following a raid of Nanka community, Ifedilichukwu Nwankwo, Chidi Nwankwo and Udoye Kenechukwu were arrested.
According to him, the gang led by Ifedilichukwu Nwankwo has on several occasions prevented the police from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Abuja, zonal headquarters, Umuahia, from making any arrest at Nanka.https://newtelegraphonline.com/robbers-chop-off-dpos-ear-strip/
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