Troops of 2 Brigade,
Nigerian Army yesterday killed the leader and members of a notorious
killer squad terrorising Ukanafun and Etim Ekpo local government areas of Akwa
Ibom State.
Assistant Director,
Public Relations, 2 Brigade, Uyo, Major Umar Shuaib, told journalists that the
gang leader, Akaninyene Uko alias Isoakpaefid, and his members were killed when
troops invaded the hideout of the gang at Ikpe village in Etim Ekpo Local Government
Area and engaged the hoodlums in a gun battle.
Shuaib explained that
the troops also killed two members - Aniebet Udoh said to be the second in
command to Isoakpaefid and Thankgod Friday who was the spiritualist to the
kingpin - while the remaining escaped with gunshot wounds.
Items recovered the
gang include one pump action gun, two locally-made short guns, 13 live
cartridges, eight expended cartridges, two Dane guns and two cutlasses. Their bodies
have been deposited at University of Uyo Teaching Hospital mortuary.
“The culprit was known
for terrorising the inhabitants of Ukanafun Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom
State and perpetrated the killings of two policemen and a truck driver in
Ukanafun Local Government Area on November 17 last year.
“They (the gang
members) also masterminded the killing of a state commissioner’s sister and two
others in Ikot Oko Osun community in Ukunafun Local Government Area on November
19, 2017. The suspects have been evading arrest after the incidents,” Shuaib
said.
He added that the
Commander, 2 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Abdu Ibrahim Hassan, had
assured law-abiding citizens that the brigade would do everything within its
powers to protect their lives and property.
Hassan also solicited the
people’s support and cooperation by reporting any form of crime to appropriate
security agencies.
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