ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Rivers State Police Command, on Thursday night raided the den of notorious kidnappers in Emuoha Local Government Area of the state.
It said one suspect was killed while another was arrested during the operation.
The state Commissioner of Police, Emeka Nwonyi, disclosed these on Thursday at a press conference in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
Nwonyi described the suspect as a member of a gang that abducted and killed Justice Azundah, the Chief Protocol Officer of the former Chief of Staff, Rivers State Government House.
According to him, before killing Azundah, the suspect received N2m as ransom through a bank transaction from his (Azundah) family.
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Nwonyi added that following credible intelligence, men of the command raided the suspectsā camp on 20 July, 2023, injuring many of the criminals who managed to flee with bullet wounds.
He said, āOperatives of the C4i Intelligence Unit while acting on intelligent-led policing and a follow-up in a case of kidnapping/murder, arrested one suspect that ran away to Magboro community in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State in connection with the kidnap and murder of late Justice Azundah.
āHe was the Protocol Officer to the Chief of Staff to the former Governor of Rivers State from Isiodu Community in the Emohua Local Government Area of the state.ā
Items recovered from the scene include one pump action rifle with a bag containing 22 rounds of live cartridges.
āInvestigation is still in progress as every effort to recover other operational weapons and arrest of the fleeing suspects is ongoing,ā he added.
In a similar event, operatives of the command invaded another kidnappersā camp in the Ahoada West Local Government Area of the state where the criminals, upon sighting the policemen, opened fire.
During the ensuing gun duel, one of the suspects was killed while others escaped.
Also, one AK47 rifle with breech number 549168 and five magazines loaded with 51 rounds of live ammunition, three live cartridges, one live GPMG ammunition and some assorted charms were recovered from them.