"They used the van to double-cross and block the Uzomas, forcing their
bus to fall into the gutter, where they robbed them and shot the man at the
back of his neck. His daughter, who is preparing to write her West African
Examinations (WAEC), on seeing blood gushing out from her father’s neck, tried
to stop it with her palm, saying: “Daddy, the blood is too much.”
At this point, one of the armed robbers shot at the girl but the mother pushed her away and received the bullet. The robbers fled. Both husband and wife died before they were taken to Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia."
The Abia State Police Command has arrested and paraded a
suspected armed robber identified as Kingsley Emezue alias Pakins alongside his
gang members Enyinna Asiegbu (25) and Promise Sunday Obilor a.k.a Esere (26),
for reportedly killing a couple before their three children.
Abia State's Police Commissioner, Ene Okon told newsmen that
the arrested suspects were connected to Sampson Iheukwumere Nwokocha a.k.a
Grave, a notorious robber killed in December by the police.
He said the suspects who initially relocated after their
gang leader was killed, returned to Umuahia in January 2020 after they thought
the manhunt for them has been called off.
“The gang seemed to have gone on holidays to enjoy their
loots and resurfaced around January 10, 2020, in what seems like recouping of
expenses made during the Yuletides. The six-man gang on January 25, 2020,
operating in a tricycle, snatched a Toyota Sienna van with registration number
RBC477RL, along Health Center Road in World Bank Housing Estate, Umuahia.
"The gang, while operating in a Sienna van, shot and
killed a couple, Mr and Mrs Darlington Chinyere Uzoma, along Secretariat Road,
Ogwurube Layout, Umuahia. This was after robbing them of proceeds of the day’s
sales.
"They robbed and shot Basil Okechukwu of Obowo, Imo
State, on January 16, around Post Office Umuahia Road. Okechukwu was killed
while on transit with the money he withdrew from bank.
"Officers from the Central Police Station, Umuahia and
operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) on ‘Operation Puff Adder'
went after the hoodlums and intercepted a tricycle conveying two of the
hoodlums named Precious Chukwuebuka Okoro and Ogbonna Ifeanyichukwu Justice.
Interrogation of the duo resulted in the subsequent arrest of the other members
of the gang namely; Enyinna Asiegbu (25), Promise Sunday Obilor (26) aka Esere
and Emezue Kingsley (20) aka Pakins.”
Emezue introduced himself as a butcher when questioned by
newsmen and also disclosed that he was lured into armed robbery by bad friends.
He said;
“We did the robbery operation actually on Saturday night,
but I did not shoot the couple. It was our driver that shot them.”
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