Armed Robbers Who Hide Their Gun Inside A Loaf Of Bread Arrested In Rivers State (Photos)

A group of armed robbers that specialize
in robbing people while hiding their gun
in a loaf of bread have been arrested by
the Rivers state Police command.
The state police commissioner Musa Kimo
shared the photos on the state police
command’s Facebook wall.
Read press statement and more photos
below:-
I am delighted to once again welcome
you this morning to share with you and
by extension the general public about the
activities of the Command in the last few
days.
It would not be out of context for me to
say that our efforts in crime fighting in
the State are yielding significant results.
This can be predicated in our sustained
and improved response time to distress
calls.
While being mindful of your respective
media time and space, its pertinent to
highlight some of the breakthroughs the
Command recorded within the period
under review:-
FOILED KIDNAPPING: On 10/11/2015 at
about 9:00 pm at Arazona off Peter Odili
Road, Port Harcourt, a team of Policemen
acting on a distress call that on Mr.
Emmanuel Akujobi who has kidnapped
by armed men operating in a Volkswagen
Golf 3 saloon car.
The team chased the suspected kidnappers
thereby forcing them to abandon the
victim, their operational vehicle and the
victim’s Lexus Jeep registration No. ABJ
724 BC. One of the suspected kidnappers
also got fatally wounded during shot out
with policemen.
This effort has no doubt confirmed that
our response time to distress calls has
greatly improved.
Similarly, one Austin Kalu ‘m’ 28 years
who was kidnapped on 07/11/2015 at
Rumudara was safely rescued on
13/11/2015 at Ogbakiri forest while one
of the suspected kidnappers named
Emenike Sunday was arrested and a
locally made short gun and five live
cartridges were recovered at the scene.
ARMED ROBBERY: On 01/11/2014 at
about 5:03 am, Policemen on routine
patrol along Ada George road, Port
Harcourt, sighted a suspicious black
Honda Civic with registration No. AHD
145 RX with three young male occupants
and on approaching the vehicle the
occupants opened fire on the policemen.
Three of them got fatally wounded after a
gun duel with the policemen while one
AK 47 rifle, two magazines, 50 rounds of
7.62 live ammunition, a complete set of
police uniform and a police bullet proof
vest were recovered.
In a similar vein, the Command smashed
a gang of armed robbers who specialized
in trailing unsuspecting bank customers
and rob them off their hard earned
money soon after money withdrawal
either through Automated Teller Machine
(ATM) or from the banking hall.
The duo of Hycinth Apasu and Akelachi
Nwobike were on 06/11/2015 were
arrested at their hiodeout at Emekuku,
Port Harcourt and have confessed to be
the gang that terrorizes bank customers
around Azikwe and Olu-Obasanjo axis of
Port Harcourt. Three suspected stolen
vehicles were also recovered from them:
1. Toyota Corolla saloon car with
registration No. ABC 664 ST
2. Toyota Lexus Jeep with registration No.
FKJ 727 BQ
3 . Toyota Corolla saloon car with
registration No. BRS 731 SM
CULTISM:- The following suspected cultist
were arrested at Amunugboko community
in Ahoada West L. G. A. for belonging to
Iceland cult group. They are:-
i. Kingsley Boy ‘m’ 24 years
ii. Christopher Agolo ‘m’ 29 years
iii. Buduzhi Okpara ‘m’ 29 years
iv. Goodnews Okpara ‘m’ 23 years
v. Valentine Okpara ‘m’ 19 years
vi. Wisdom Ogbani ‘m’ 23 years.
While seven other suspected cultists were
also arrested at Igwuruta, they have
confessed to be members of Deywell cult
group that terrorizes the area. They are:-
i. Bestman Ikenga ‘m’ 30 years
ii. Marshal Ikenga ‘m’ 33 years
iii. Chukwudu Nwankwo ‘m’ 21 years
iv. Uche Nwankwo ‘m’ 39 years
v. Lucky Enyi ‘m’ 22 years
vi. Temple Opurim ‘m’ 25 years
vii. Joshua Opurum ‘m’ 36 years.
The arrest of the above listed young men
has brought peace to their respective
Communities. The arrest of King Maaloo
‘m’ 21 years and Emaka Nduah ‘m’ 29
years, Kenneth Ekpeye ‘m’ 39 years,
Patrick Ogbonnaya ‘m’ 27 years and
Frank Onuoha ‘m’ 22 years at different
locations for belonging respective cult
groups has also added an impetus to our
fight against cultism.
Below is a summary of the achievements
recorded within above stipulated
timeframe:-
No. of suspected armed robbers arrested –
30
No. of suspected armed robbers fatally
wounded – 3
No. of suspected kidnappers arrested – 12
No. of suspected kidnappers fatally
wounded – 7
No. of kidnaped victims rescued – 11
No of suspected cultists arrested – 21
No. of firearms recovered
i. AK 47 rifles – 2
ii. Locally made pistols – 8
iii. Double barrel gun – 1
iv. Single barrel guns – 1
v. English made pistol – 1
vi. Berretta pistol – 1
vii. Locally made guns – 4
viii. Magazines – 4
No. of assorted ammunition recovered –
84
No. of cartridges recovered – 17
No. of vehicles recovered – 15
Some dried leaves suspected to be
marijuana
These achievements are largely predicated
to the tremendous support the Command
is enjoying from the security conscious
and patriotic citizens by way of
volunteering timely, credible and
actionable information.
Finally, the Command equally reiterates
its determination to sustain the onslaught
to the identified similar criminals’
hideouts. Such operation would be
sustained with all vigour until the
nefarious activities of the undesirable
elements is brought to halt.